Shloka 25
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
काम जानामि ते मूलं संकल्पात् किल जायसे । न त्वां संकल्पयिष्यामि समूलो न भविष्यसि
kāma jānāmi te mūlaṃ saṅkalpāt kila jāyase | na tvāṃ saṅkalpayiṣyāmi samūlo na bhaviṣyasi ||
Bhishma sprach: „Verlangen, ich kenne deine Wurzel: Wahrlich, du wirst aus saṅkalpa geboren, aus dem Entschluss des Geistes. Ich werde diesen Entschluss nicht länger nähren; dann wirst du nicht bleiben — entwurzelt wirst du vergehen.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire is sustained by saṅkalpa—mental resolve, imaginative assent, and repeated intention. By refusing to form or feed that resolve, one cuts desire at its root, leading to its dissolution.
Bhishma addresses Kāma as if it were a personified adversary within the mind. He declares that he has recognized its origin in saṅkalpa and vows to stop entertaining such intentions, thereby uprooting desire.