Shloka 14

Devanagari script

मनसश्रेन्द्रियाणां च कृत्वैकाग्र्यं समाहित: । पूर्वरात्रापरार्ध च धारयेन्मन आत्मनि,सत्त्वसंसेवनाद धीरो निद्रामुच्छेत्तुमरहति । विद्वानोंने योगके जो काम, क्रोध, लोभ, भय और पाँचवाँ स्वप्र--ये पाँच दोष बताये हैं उनका पूर्णतया उच्छेद करे। इनमेंसे क्रोधको शम (मनोनिग्रह) के द्वारा जीते, कामको संकल्पके त्यागद्वारा पराजित करे तथा धीर पुरुष सत्वगुणका सेवन करनेसे निद्राका उच्छेद कर सकता है

Transliteration

manasaś cendriyāṇāṃ ca kṛtvaikāgryaṃ samāhitaḥ | pūrvarātrāparārdhaṃ ca dhārayen mana ātmany, sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati | vidvān yogake yo kāma-krodha-lobha-bhayaṃ ca pañcamaṃ svapnam—ime pañca doṣān āhuḥ, teṣāṃ pūrṇatayā ucchedaṃ kuryāt | imeṣu krodhaṃ śamena (manonigraheṇa) jayet, kāmaṃ saṅkalpatyāgena parājayet, tathā dhīraḥ sattvaguṇasaṃsevanena nidrāyā ucchedaṃ kartum śaknoti |

Translation

Vyāsa said: Having gathered the mind and the senses into one-pointed steadiness, the disciplined seeker should hold the mind within the Self through the latter half of the night and the early hours before dawn. By cultivating sattva, a steadfast person becomes fit to cut off sleep. The wise, in the discipline of yoga, speak of five faults—desire, anger, greed, fear, and sleep/dreaming; one should uproot them completely. Among these, anger is conquered by calm restraint of the mind, desire is overcome by abandoning compulsive intention and resolve, and by sustained reliance on sattva the resolute can dispel the heaviness of sleep.

Word by Word

मनसःof the mind

श्रेन्द्रियाणाम्of the chief senses

चand

कृत्वाhaving made

एकाग्र्यम्one-pointedness, concentration

समाहितःcollected, composed

पूर्वरात्रापरार्धेin the latter half of the first part of the night

चand

धारयेत्should hold, should maintain

मनःthe mind

आत्मनिin the self

सत्त्वसंसेवनात्from/through the practice of sattva (purity)

धीरःthe steadfast (man)

निद्राम्sleep

उच्छेत्तुम्to cut off, to remove

अर्हतिis able/fit, deserves

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches yogic self-discipline: collect mind and senses into one-pointed concentration, practice especially in the late-night/pre-dawn hours, cultivate sattva, and uproot five obstacles—desire, anger, greed, fear, and sleep/dreaming—by specific remedies such as śama (mental restraint) for anger and saṅkalpa-tyāga (abandoning compulsive resolve) for desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Vyāsa is giving practical guidance on inner training and meditation, describing when and how to steady the mind and listing common psychological obstacles that a practitioner must eliminate.