Shloka 7
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman
Udyoga Parva 44
दमस्त्यागो<थाप्रमाद इत्येतेष्वमृतं स्थितम् । एतानि ब्रद्ममुख्यानां ब्राह्मणानां मनीषिणाम्,इन्द्रियनिग्रह, त्याग और अप्रमाद--इनमें अमृतकी स्थिति है। ब्रह्म ही जिनका प्रधान लक्ष्य है, उन बुद्धिमान ब्राह्मणोंके ये ही मुख्य साधन हैं
damas tyāgo 'thāpramāda ity eteṣv amṛtaṁ sthitam | etāni brahmamukhyānāṁ brāhmaṇānāṁ manīṣiṇām ||
Wika ni Sanatsujāta: “Ang kawalang-kamatayan (amṛta) ay natatatag sa mga ito—pagpipigil sa sarili (dama), pagtalikod at pag-aalay ng pagkapit (tyāga), at ang hindi pagpapabaya (apramāda). Ito ang pangunahing mga disiplina ng marurunong na brāhmaṇa na ang Brahman ang pinakadakilang layon.”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Immortality (amṛta)—understood as the imperishable spiritual attainment—is approached through three disciplines: dama (self-restraint), tyāga (renunciation), and apramāda (unceasing vigilance, the opposite of heedlessness). For seekers whose highest goal is Brahman, these are presented as principal means.
In Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs on profound ethical and spiritual principles in the midst of the political crisis leading to war. Here he emphasizes inner discipline—control, renunciation, and alertness—as the path to the deathless state, redirecting attention from external conflict to the foundations of liberation.