Shloka 8
Sanatsujāta on Vedic Learning, Truth (Satya), and the Discipline of Dama–Tyāga–Apramāda
शरीरमेतौ कुरुत: पिता माता च भारत । आचार्यशास्ता या जाति: सा पुण्या साजरामरा
śarīram etau kurutaḥ pitā mātā ca bhārata | ācāryaśāstā yā jātiḥ sā puṇyā sājarāmarā ||
سنَتسُجات نے کہا—اے بھارت! باپ اور ماں—یہ دونوں اس جسم کو پیدا کرتے ہیں؛ مگر آچاریہ کے اُپدیش اور ضبط سے جو ‘جنم’ حاصل ہوتا ہے وہ نہایت پاکیزہ ہے—وہ جنم نہ بوڑھا ہوتا ہے نہ مرتا ہے۔
सनत्सुजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Biological parents generate the body, but the ācārya’s instruction generates a higher ‘birth’—the awakening of right knowledge and disciplined living—which is called purifying and ‘unaging, deathless’ because it leads toward enduring spiritual realization rather than perishable bodily existence.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs the Kuru elder (addressed as ‘Bhārata’) on deeper dharma and liberation-oriented wisdom, emphasizing the transformative power of the teacher’s guidance over mere physical lineage.