Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 9
Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)
निःस्तुतिर्निर्नमस्कार: परित्यज्य शुभाशुभे | अरण्ये विचरैकाकी येन केनचिदाशित:
niḥstutir nirnamaskāraḥ parityajya śubhāśubhe | araṇye vicarāikākī yena kenacid āśitaḥ || śukadeva, tvam api stuti-namaskārābhyāṃ pṛthak sthitvā śubhāśubha-karmāṇi parityajya yat kiñcid phala-mūlaṃ labhyeta tenaiva kṣudhāṃ nivārya vane ekākī vicarā ||
毗耶娑说：“须迦提婆啊！当远离求誉之心，也远离施与或受纳礼敬之习；并舍弃对‘善’与‘恶’的执著。独行于林野，以所遇之物自养——或果或根——得多少便食多少。如此，须迦提婆啊，远离世间称许与礼仪寒暄，弃绝福与罪的牵引，以朴素而偶得的资粮穿行荒林。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
To cultivate radical detachment: do not live for social approval (praise, honor, ritual courtesies) and do not cling even to the polarity of merit and demerit as identity-making goals. Instead, adopt a simple, solitary life sustained by whatever comes, emphasizing inner freedom over external validation.
Vyāsa instructs Śukadeva in the discipline of renunciation. The counsel frames an ascetic ideal: leaving behind social transactions of respect and the moral bookkeeping of ‘good vs. bad’ as attachments, Śukadeva is urged to wander alone in the forest, living on naturally available food such as fruits and roots.