Shloka 28
ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः
Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction
स्नेहमूलानि दुःखानि स्नेहजानि भयानि च । शोकहर्षो तथा55यास: सर्व स्नेहात् प्रवर्तते,“दुःखका मूल कारण है आसक्ति। आसक्तिसे ही भय होता है। शोक, हर्ष तथा क्लेश --इन सबकी प्राप्ति भी आसक्तिके कारण ही होती है। आसक्तिसे ही विषयोंमें भाव और अनुराग होते हैं। ये दोनों ही अमंगलकारी हैं। इनमें भी पहला अर्थात् विषयोंके प्रति भाव महान् अनर्थकारक माना गया है
snehāmūlāni duḥkhāni snehajānī bhayāni ca | śokaharṣas tathāyāsaḥ sarvaṃ snehāt pravartate ||
毗舍ṃ波耶那曰：“忧苦以爱著为根，怖畏亦由爱著而生。哀与乐，亦复疲惫与烦恼——一切皆从爱著而起。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment (sneha) is presented as the underlying cause that generates both negative states (sorrow, fear, fatigue) and even seemingly positive surges (joy), implying that emotional turbulence and suffering are fueled by clinging.
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a reflective teaching is stated in aphoristic form: he explains the psychological and ethical consequence of attachment, framing it as the source from which multiple human experiences—grief, joy, fear, and distress—arise.