Shloka 17
Śuka–Janaka Saṃvāda: Āśrama-krama, Jñāna-vijñāna, and the Marks of Liberation (शुक-जनक संवादः)
सत्त्वमानन्द उद्रेक: प्रीति: प्राकाश्यमेव च । सुखं शुद्धित्वमारोग्यं संतोष: श्रद्धधानता
sattvam ānanda-udrekaḥ prītiḥ prākāśyam eva ca | sukhaṁ śuddhitvam ārogyaṁ santoṣaḥ śraddhadhānatā ||
یاجنولکیا نے کہا—سَتّو سے باطنی مسرت کا ابھار، محبت اور روشنی (علم کی درخشانی) پیدا ہوتی ہے۔ اسی سے خوشی، پاکیزگی، تندرستی، قناعت اور ثابت قدم ایمان بھی جنم لیتے ہیں۔
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sattva (the lucid, balanced quality of mind and character) naturally produces joy, goodwill, clarity, happiness, purity, health, contentment, and faith—virtues that support dharmic living and inner steadiness.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Yājñavalkya is instructing about the guṇas by listing the observable traits that arise from sattva, distinguishing it from other dispositions and grounding ethical life in cultivated mental qualities.