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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । सनत्सुजात यदिमां परार्थां ब्राह्मीं वाचं प्रवदसि विश्वरूपाम् । परां हि कामेषु सुदुर्लभां कथां तद्ब्रूहि मे वाक्यमेतत्कुमार ॥५-४४-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sanatsujāta, if you are to expound this Brahmic speech—universal in form and oriented to the highest end—then tell me that teaching, O youth; for such a supreme discourse is exceedingly difficult to obtain amid worldly desires.
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । नैतद्ब्रह्म त्वरमाणेन लभ्यं यन्मां पृच्छस्यभिहृष्यस्यतीव । अव्यक्तविद्यामभिधास्ये पुराणीं बुद्ध्या च तेषां ब्रह्मचर्येण सिद्धाम्॥५-४४-२॥
Sanatsujāta said: This Brahman is not attained by one who is in haste, though you question me with intense eagerness. I shall expound the ancient, unmanifest knowledge, realized by the intellect (buddhi) and perfected through disciplined brahmacarya.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । अव्यक्तविद्यामिति यत्सनातनीं ब्रवीषि त्वं ब्रह्मचर्येण सिद्धाम् । अनारभ्या वसतीहार्य काले कथं ब्राह्मण्यममृतत्वं लभेत॥५-४४-३॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: You speak of an eternal “unmanifest knowledge,” perfected through brahmacarya. Without undertaking the prescribed discipline—especially at a time when one should be living in regulated studentship—how could one attain the brahminical state and immortality?
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । येऽस्मिंल्लोके विजयन्तीह कामान्ब्राह्मीं स्थितिमनुतितिक्षमाणाः । त आत्मानं निर्हरन्तीह देहान्मुञ्जादिषीकामिव सत्त्वसंस्थाः॥५-४४-४॥
Sanatsujāta said: Those who, in this world, overcome desire and patiently abide in the brahminical state—steadfast in clarity—draw forth the self from the body here, as one draws a reed from muñja-grass.
english translation
शरीरमेतौ कुरुतः पिता माता च भारत । आचार्यशास्ता या जातिः सा सत्या साजरामरा॥५-४४-५॥
O Bhārata, father and mother produce this body. But the birth that comes from the teacher as instructor is the true birth—unaging and undying.
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