Shloka 49
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
कामानुबन्ध॑ नुदते यत् किंचित् पुरुषो रज: । कामक्रोधोद्धवं दुः:खमहीररतिरेव च
kāmānubandhaṁ nudate yat kiñcit puruṣo rajaḥ | kāmakrodhoddhavaṁ duḥkham ahīr aratir eva ca ||
Bhīṣma sprach: Ein Mensch soll jede Spur von Rajas (leidenschaftlicher Unruhe) vertreiben, die aus der Bindung an Sinnesbegierden entsteht. Denn Leid, Schamlosigkeit und Unzufriedenheit werden gerade aus Begehren und Zorn geboren. Darum muss, wer Standhaftigkeit im Dharma sucht, die Kette des Begehrens durchtrennen, die innere Wirren nährt und sittlichen Verfall herbeiführt.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire-linked attachment generates rajas (agitated passion), which in turn breeds suffering, shameless conduct, and chronic dissatisfaction; therefore one should actively remove the rajas that follows from kāma and krodha to live steadily in dharma.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on righteous living after the war, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on inner discipline, identifying desire and anger as root causes of moral and psychological downfall.