Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 4
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
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Haṃsa uvāca: etat kāryam amarāḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ me dhṛtiḥ śamaḥ satyadharmānuvṛttiḥ | granthiṃ vinīya hṛdayasya sarvaṃ priyāpriye cātmasamaṃ nayīta ||
天鹅说道：“诸位不死者啊，我所闻者：真正的本分在于坚忍不移、内心自制，并忠实遵循真实之法。若能解开心中一切结缚，人便应当把可喜与可厌视为与自身等同。”
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
True duty is to cultivate fortitude (dhṛti), mental restraint (śama), and unwavering truth-based conduct (satya-dharma). When the heart’s inner ‘knots’ of attachment are loosened, one attains equanimity—treating pleasure and pain, like and dislike, with the same regard as one’s own self.
In Udyoga Parva’s didactic setting, Haṃsa addresses the ‘immortals’ and states the ethical principle he has learned: inner discipline and truthfulness are the essential obligations, culminating in the spiritual stance of equal-mindedness toward favorable and unfavorable experiences.