Shloka 96

Devanagari script

मन:समाधिरत्रापि तथेन्द्रियजय: स्मृतः । राजन! यहाँ जैसा कारण सुना जाता है, वैसा आगे बताया जायगा। सांख्य और योग --इन दोनों मार्गोंमें भी मनोनिग्रह और इन्द्रियसंयम आवश्यक माने गये हैं

Transliteration

manaḥ-samādhir atrāpi tathendriya-jayaḥ smṛtaḥ | rājan! yathā kāraṇaṃ śrūyate tathāgre vakṣyate | sāṅkhya-yogau—anayoḥ ubhayor api manonigraha indriya-saṃyamaś ca āvaśyakaḥ manyate |

Translation

Bhishma said: “Here too, mental absorption (samādhi) and the conquest of the senses are declared essential. O King, the reason as it is heard will be explained further on. In both paths—Sāṅkhya and Yoga—restraint of the mind and discipline of the senses are regarded as indispensable.”

Word by Word

मनःmind

समाधिःconcentration; absorption

अत्रhere; in this context

अपिalso; even

तथाlikewise; so

इन्द्रियजयःconquest/control of the senses

स्मृतःis remembered/considered (as)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Yudhisthira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Both Sāṅkhya (knowledge/discrimination) and Yoga (practice/discipline) require the same ethical-psychological foundation: mastery of the senses and restraint of the mind, culminating in steady concentration (samādhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues instructing King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the means to inner freedom, emphasizing that regardless of the chosen philosophical path, mental and sensory discipline is mandatory, and promising to explain the supporting rationale later.