Shloka 11
Doṣa-Parīkṣā and Guṇa-Viveka
Examination of Faults and Discernment of the Guṇas
जिस समय बुद्धि कर्म-संस्कारोंसे रहित होकर हृदयमें स्थित हो जाती है, उसी समय ध्यानयोगजनित समाधिके द्वारा ब्रह्मका भलीभाँति ज्ञान हो जाता है ।। सेयं गुणवती बुद्धिर्गुणेष्वेवाभिवर्तते । अपरादभिनि:सृत्य गिरे: शुद्भादिवोदकम्,अन्यथा जैसे जलकी धारा पर्वतके शिखरसे निकलकर ढालकी ओर बहती है, उसी प्रकार यह गुणवती बुद्धि अज्ञानके कारण परमात्मासे नियुक्त होकर रूप आदि गुणोंकी ओर बहने लग जाती है
bhīṣma uvāca | yasmin kāle buddhiḥ karma-saṃskārair virahitā hṛdaye pratiṣṭhitā bhavati, tasmin kāle dhyāna-yoga-janitena samādhinā brahmaṇaḥ samyag jñānaṃ prajāyate || seyaṃ guṇavatī buddhiḥ guṇeṣv evābhivartate | aparādāt abhiniḥsṛtya gireḥ śuddhād iva udakam, anyathā | yathā jaladhārā parvata-śikhara-nirgatyā ḍhālaṃ prati pravahati, tathā iyaṃ guṇavatī buddhiḥ ajñāna-kāraṇāt paramātmanā niyuktā rūpādi-guṇān prati pravṛttā bhavati ||
Bhishma said: When the intellect, freed from the residual impressions of action, becomes steadily established in the heart, then—through the absorption born of the yoga of meditation—true knowledge of Brahman arises. Yet this very intellect, so long as it remains conditioned by the guṇas, turns toward the guṇas alone: as a stream of pure water issues from a mountain peak and runs down the slope, so the guṇa-bound mind, diverted by ignorance from the Supreme Self, flows toward qualities such as form and the rest, fastening itself to the world of appearances.
भीष्म उवाच