Shloka 5
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
ज्ञानेन परिसंख्याय सदोषान् विषयान् नृप । मानुषान् दुर्जयान् कृत्स्नान् पैशाचान् विषयांस्तथा
jñānena parisaṅkhyāya sadoṣān viṣayān nṛpa | mānuṣān durjayān kṛtsnān paiśācān viṣayāṁs tathā ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—হে ৰাজন! বিবেকযুক্ত জ্ঞানৰে বিষয়সমূহক দোষযুক্ত বুলি জানি সম্যক পৰিগণনা কৰা উচিত; মানুহৰ জীৱনৰ সৈতে জড়িত সেই সকলো দুৰ্জয় বিষয়, আৰু তদ্ৰূপ পিশাচ-প্ৰকৃতিৰ সৈতে জড়িত বিষয়সমূহো।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To cultivate liberation-oriented discernment by analyzing sense-objects (viṣayas) and recognizing their inherent defects (doṣas), thereby weakening their power as ‘hard-to-conquer’ temptations.
In the Śānti Parva instruction to the king, Bhīṣma continues a philosophical-ethical discourse, urging a systematic appraisal of worldly enjoyments—human and even demonic/ghoulish (paiśāca)—as part of the path of self-mastery and release.