Shloka 22
भीमसेननादः तथा प्रथमसंमर्दः
Bhīmasena’s Roar and the First Clash
सम्बन्ध--इस प्रकार अजुनिके पूछनेपर भगवान् उनके प्रश्नेमेंसे “लक्षण” और 'आचरण' विषयक दो प्रश्नोंका उत्तर चार शलोकोंद्वारा देते हैं-- श्रीभगवानुवाच प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्ति च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काड्क्षति,श्रीभगवान् बोले--हे अर्जुन! जो पुरुष सत्त्व-गुणके कार्यरूप प्रकाशकोः और रजोगुणके कार्यरूप प्रवृत्तिकोई तथा तमोगुणके कार्यरूप मोहको” भी न तो प्रवृत्त होनेपर उनसे द्वेष करता है और न निवृत्त होनेपर उनकी आकांक्षा करता है
śrībhagavān uvāca | prakāśaṁ ca pravṛttiṁ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava | na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati ||
The Blessed Lord said: “O Pāṇḍava, the person who neither resents the arising of illumination (born of sattva), activity (born of rajas), or delusion (born of tamas), nor longs for their return when they subside—such a one remains inwardly balanced. He does not build his ethics on attraction and aversion toward changing mental states, but stands steady as a witness to the play of the guṇas.”
अजुन उवाच