Shloka 57
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
छिन्दन्ति पञ्चमं श्वासमल्पाहारतया नृूप,सत्पुरुष क्षमासे क्रोधका, संकल्पके त्यागसे कामका, सत्त्वगुणके सेवनसे निद्राका, प्रमादके त्यागसे भयका तथा अल्पाहारके सेवनद्वारा पाँचवें श्वास-दोषका नाश करते हैं
chindanti pañcamaṃ śvāsaṃ alpāhāratayā nṛpa | satpuruṣāḥ kṣamayā krodhaṃ saṅkalpake tyāgena kāmaṃ sattvaguṇasevanena nidrāṃ pramādatyāgena bhayaṃ tathā alpāhārasevanadvārā pañcamaśvāsadoṣaṃ nāśayanti ||
Bhīṣma said: “O king, disciplined and virtuous persons cut off the ‘fifth’ fault connected with the breath by living on little food. By forbearance they subdue anger; by renouncing compulsive resolve they abandon desire; by cultivating the quality of sattva they overcome sleepiness; by giving up heedlessness they remove fear. Thus, through the practice of moderation in food, they destroy the fifth defect related to the breath.”
भीष्म उवाच