Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सर्वाण्येतानि संवार्य द्वाराणि मनसि स्थित: । मनस्येकाग्रतां कृत्वा तत्परं प्रतिपद्यते,समस्त इन्द्रियोंको रोककर संकल्पमात्रसे मनमें स्थित हो उन सबको हृदयमें एकत्र करके साधक उससे भी परे विद्यमान परमात्माको प्राप्त कर लेता है

Transliteration

sarvāṇy etāni saṃvārya dvārāṇi manasi sthitaḥ | manasy ekāgratāṃ kṛtvā tat-paraṃ pratipadyate ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: إذا كُفَّت هذه الأبواب كلها (الحواس) وأقام المرء في الذهن، فليجمع الذهن في تركيزٍ أحاديّ. فإذا جُمِعت القوى في القلب وصار السالك منصرفًا بكليّته إلى «ذلك»، نال الذات العليا (الباراماتمان) التي تتجاوزها جميعًا.

Word by Word

सर्वाणिall

एतानिthese

संवार्यhaving restrained/closed

द्वाराणिdoors/gates (sense-openings)

मनसिin the mind

स्थितःsituated/abiding

मनसिin the mind

एकाग्रताम्one-pointedness/concentration

कृत्वाhaving made

तत्परम्the Supreme/that which is beyond (as object of attainment)

प्रतिपद्यतेattains/approaches/realizes

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

mind (manas)

senses (indriyas, implied)

Supreme Self (Paramatman, implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Restrain the senses (the mind’s outward ‘gates’), establish the mind in one-pointed concentration, and direct oneself wholly toward the Supreme; such inwardly gathered discipline leads to realization of the Self beyond the senses.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues his counsel by describing an inner yogic method: withdrawing the senses, collecting the mind, and attaining the Supreme through focused contemplation.