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Mokshadharma 12.172.1

12.172.1 Yudhishthira to Bhishma

केन वृत्तेन वृत्तज्ञ वीतशोकश्चरेन्महीम् । किं च कुर्वन्नरो लोके प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम् ॥

kena vṛttena vṛttajña vītaśokaścarenmahīm | kiṃ ca kurvannaro loke prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim ||

O knower of right conduct, by what way of life may a person go about the earth free of sorrow? And by doing what does one in this world reach the highest goal?

हे आचरण के ज्ञाता, किस आचरण से मनुष्य शोक-रहित होकर इस पृथ्वी पर विचरे? और क्या करते हुए मनुष्य संसार में परम गति पाता है?

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

This is the question many people carry quietly: how do I live without being weighed down by worry and loss, and what is life finally for?

यह प्रश्न बहुत लोग मन में चुपचाप लिए रहते हैं: चिंता और हानि के बोझ के बिना कैसे जिऊँ, और जीवन आख़िर किसलिए है?

Mahabharata 12.172.1: Yudhishthira asks Bhishma how a person can live free of sorrow and reach the highest goal. Bhishma answers with the story of Prahlada and the sage who followed the python vow (ājagara): an ascetic who, like a python, takes only what comes to him.

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