Shloka 24
बलीन्द्रसंवादः — Kāla, Anityatā, and the Limits of Agency
Mahābhārata 12.217
धृत्या देहान् धारयन्तो बुद्धिसंक्षिप्तचेतस: । स्थानेभ्यो ध्वंसमानाश्र सूक्ष्मत्वात् तदुपासते
bhīṣma uvāca | dhṛtyā dehān dhārayanto buddhisaṃkṣiptacetasaḥ | sthānebhyo dhvaṃsamānāśrāḥ sūkṣmatvāt tad upāsate ||
কিছুমান যোগী ধৈৰ্যৰ বলত দেহ ধাৰণ কৰি, বুদ্ধিৰ দ্বাৰা চিত্তক সংক্ষিপ্ত কৰি বিষয়ৰ পৰা আঁতৰাই আনে। নশ্বৰ ইন্দ্ৰিয়-স্থানসমূহৰ পৰা আশ্ৰয় আঁতৰাই, সূক্ষ্ম বুদ্ধিৰ কাৰণে তেওঁলোকে সেই পৰম ব্ৰহ্মৰ উপাসনা কৰে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True spiritual practice is described as sustaining embodied life with steadfastness while withdrawing the mind from sense-objects, abandoning reliance on perishable bodily-sensory supports, and turning subtle, refined intellect toward contemplation of Brahman.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he characterizes a class of yogins: they practice inner withdrawal and concentration, detach from the sensory ‘stations’ that decay, and engage in worshipful contemplation of the Supreme Reality.