Shloka 16
Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)
अविस्रम्भे न गन्तव्यं विस्रम्भे धारयेन्मन: । मन: प्राणे निगृह्नलीयात् प्राणं ब्रह्मणि धारयेत्
aviśrambhe na gantavyaṃ viśrambhe dhārayen manaḥ | manaḥ prāṇe nigṛhṇīyāt prāṇaṃ brahmaṇi dhārayet |
য’ত বিশ্বাস নাই, সেই পথত আগবঢ়া উচিত নহয়; য’ত বিশ্বাস যথাস্থানত, তাতেই মন স্থিৰ কৰিব লাগে। মনক প্ৰাণত সংযত কৰি লীন কৰা, আৰু প্ৰাণক ব্রহ্মত স্থাপন কৰা।
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Exercise discernment about whom and what to trust in worldly conduct, and then turn inward: steady the mind, restrain it by anchoring it in the breath, and finally establish the breath (life-force) in Brahman—moving from ethical prudence to meditative absorption.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Bharadvāja delivers a concise counsel that links practical dharma (not acting where trust is absent) with yogic discipline (mind into breath, breath into Brahman), presenting a graded method of inner stabilization.