Shloka 11
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
यथा हिरण्यकर्ता वै रूप्यमग्नौ विशोधयेत् । बहुशो&तिप्रयत्नेन महता55त्मकृतेन ह
yathā hiraṇyakartā vai rūpyam agnau viśodhayet | bahuśo 'tiprayatnena mahatā ātmakṛtena ha |
قال بهيشما: «كما أنّ الصائغ يُنقّي الفِضّة مرارًا بإلقائها في النار، بجهدٍ عظيم يباشره بنفسه، كذلك لا يطهّر الكائن الحيّ ذهنه إلا عبر مئات الولادات. ولكن إن بذل جهدًا كبيرًا من خلال رياضاتٍ كاليَجْنَا (القربان) وممارسات كبح النفس—شاما ودَما (śama وdama)—فإنه يتطهّر في ولادةٍ واحدة».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purification is possible but typically gradual across many lives; however, intense, self-applied discipline—especially sacrificial duty and inner/outer restraint (śama and dama)—can accelerate moral and mental purification even within a single lifetime.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner cultivation, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using a craftsman’s analogy: as silver is refined by repeated heating, the mind is refined by sustained effort; rigorous practice can compress what would take many births into one.