Shloka 16
Keśava-tattva-kathana
On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets
अथ तौ सहितौ राजलन्नन्योन्यविधिना तत:ः । विषयप्रतिसंहारमुभावेव प्रचक्रतु:,राजन! तदनन्तर वे दोनों एक-दूसरेका उपकार करते हुए एक साथ हो गये। उन्होंने एक ही साथ अपने मनको विषयोंकी ओरसे हटा लिया
atha tau sahitau rājan anyonyavidhinā tataḥ | viṣayapratisamhāram ubhāv eva pracakratuḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “Then, O king, the two of them came together in harmony, each acting with consideration for the other. Thereafter, both simultaneously undertook the withdrawal of their senses and mind from sense-objects.”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical harmony and mutual consideration support spiritual discipline: when people act with reciprocal goodwill, they can more effectively practice restraint and withdraw the mind from sense-objects, a key step toward inner steadiness and liberation-oriented living.
Bhīṣma narrates that two individuals unite in concord, each helping the other, and then both begin the practice of pratisamhāra—turning the mind and senses away from external objects—indicating a shared move toward yogic or renunciant discipline.