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Shloka 7

Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)

चक्षु:श्रोत्रे च मनसा मनोवाचं च कर्मणा । अप्रमादाद्‌ भयं जह्माद्‌ दम्भं प्राज्ञोपसेवनात्‌

cakṣuḥśrotre ca manasā manovācaṃ ca karmaṇā | apramādād bhayaṃ jahyād dambhaṃ prājñopasevanāt | sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati |

ব্যাস বললেন—মনের দ্বারা চক্ষু ও কর্ণকে রক্ষা করো, আর সৎকর্মের দ্বারা মন ও বাক্যকে সংযত করো। অপ্রমাদে ভয় ত্যাগ করো, এবং প্রাজ্ঞদের সঙ্গ দ্বারা দম্ভ পরিত্যাগ করো। সত্ত্বসেবনে ধীর পুরুষ নিদ্রা (মোহ-আলস্য) ছিন্ন করতে যোগ্য হন।

चक्षुषाby/with the eye (sight)
चक्षुषा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
श्रोत्रेthe two ears
श्रोत्रे:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मनसाby/with the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
मनःthe mind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वाचम्speech
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कर्मणाby/through action (deed)
कर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अप्रमादात्from vigilance / from non-negligence
अप्रमादात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअप्रमाद
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
जह्यात्should abandon
जह्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
दम्भम्hypocrisy / ostentation
दम्भम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदम्भ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्राज्ञof the wise
प्राज्ञ:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
उपसेवनात्from association/service (of)
उपसेवनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootउपसेवन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
सत्त्वof sattva (purity)
सत्त्व:
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
संसेवनात्from constant practice/association
संसेवनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंसेवन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
धीरःthe steadfast (man)
धीरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निद्राम्sleep
निद्राम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिद्रा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
उच्छेत्तुम्to cut off / to eradicate
उच्छेत्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-छिद्
FormTumun (infinitive)
अर्हतिis able / deserves
अर्हति:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

Cultivate vigilant self-restraint: purify perception and expression by governing the senses through the mind and governing mind and speech through disciplined action; abandon fear through carefulness, abandon hypocrisy through the company of the wise, and reduce lethargy/sleep by cultivating sattva.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Vyāsa delivers a compact set of practical guidelines for ethical self-mastery—linking vigilance, good association, and sattvic cultivation to the purification of senses, mind, speech, and conduct.