Sanatsujatiya
Sanatsujātīya
Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva, adhyayas 41–46
The sage Sanatsujata to Dhritarashtra
6 chapters · 204 verses
When Dhritarashtra asks about death and the deathless, Vidura says the question belongs to a sage and calls the eternal youth Sanatsujata. In six chapters Sanatsujata teaches that heedlessness is death, describes the faults and virtues that bind or free, and speaks of Brahman, the light seen by yogis within.
Chapters
1Vidura Summons SanatsujataUdyoga Parva 4112 v2Heedlessness Is DeathUdyoga Parva 4244 v3Austerity, Its Faults, and the True BrahminUdyoga Parva 4364 v4Brahmacharya and the Formless BrahmanUdyoga Parva 4432 v5Faults, Vows and the Way of SilenceUdyoga Parva 4521 v6The Eternal Lord Whom the Yogis BeholdUdyoga Parva 4631 v
About the text
The Sanatsujatiya (Udyoga Parva 41–46 in the traditional numbering) is a short dialogue on death, liberation and Brahman. Adi Shankaracharya wrote a commentary on it, and it is often read alongside the Bhagavad Gita as one of the philosophical gems of the Mahabharata.