पितामहो ऽस्मि स्थविरः पिता पुत्रश् च भारत ॥
ममैव यूयम् आत्मस्था न मे यूयं न वो ऽप्य् अहम् ॥
आत्मैव स्थानं मम जन्म चात्मा; वेदप्रोक्तो ऽहम् अजरप्रतिष्ठः ॥
अणोर् अणीयान् सुमनाः सर्वभूतेषु जागृमि ॥
पितरं सर्वभूतानां पुष्करे निहितं विदुः ॥
pitāmaho 'smi sthaviraḥ pitā putraś ca bhārata ||
mamaiva yūyam ātmasthā na me yūyaṃ na vo 'py aham ||
ātmaiva sthānaṃ mama janma cātmā; vedaprokto 'ham ajarapratiṣṭhaḥ ||
aṇor aṇīyān sumanāḥ sarvabhūteṣu jāgṛmi ||
pitaraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ puṣkare nihitaṃ viduḥ ||
And withal he does not enjoy great happiness in the end. Having subdued all the outer senses and remaining in solitude, one should seek Brahman. Renouncing Work, one should not strain the mind. One should also, in this pursuit, avoid delight in praise or anger at censure. O kṣatriya, acting thus, in accordance with the successive steps laid down in the Vedas, one may attain Brahman even here. This, O learned one, is all that I have to tell you.'
439e9b967d64 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 4:31:17 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This passage (5.45.26–28) carries forward the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace unfolds already against the backdrop of an unavoidable war. Dharma here reveals itself through speech, through the choice of an embassy, through fidelity to one's word, and through the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.