Mahabharata 6.39.7 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 7
Śraddhā–Guṇa–Vibhāga Yoga (Faith and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata Book 6, Chapter 39
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार क्षेत्रके स्वरूप और उसके विकारोंका वर्णन करनेके बाद अब जो दूसरे श्लोकमें यह बात कही थी कि क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञका जो ज्ञान है
ācāryopāsanaṁ śaucaṁ sthairyam ātmavinigrahaḥ; amānitvam adambhitvam ahiṁsā kṣāntir ārjavam
আচার্যের উপাসনা (শ্রদ্ধাসহ সেবা), শৌচ (বাহ্য ও অন্তঃশুদ্ধি), স্থৈর্য (চিত্তের দৃঢ়তা) এবং আত্মবিনিগ্রহ (মন-ইন্দ্রিয়সংযম)।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge is approached through ethical and disciplined living: reverence for the teacher, purity, steadiness, self-restraint, humility, sincerity, non-violence, patience, and straightforwardness. The verse frames ‘knowledge’ as a way of being, not merely a set of ideas.
Within Bhishma Parva’s instruction-setting, the discourse turns from describing the field (kṣetra) and its transformations to listing the practical means that cultivate right knowledge—highlighting inner virtues even amid the battlefield context.
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