Shloka 11
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
भीष्म उवाच रागं मोहं तथा स्नेहं काम॑ क्रोधं च केवलम् | योगाच्छित्त्वा ततो दोषान् पज्चैतानू् प्राप्रुवन्ति तत्,भीष्मजीने कहा--युधिष्ठटिर! योगी पुरुष केवल योगबलसे राग, मोह, स्नेह, काम और क्रोध--इन पाँच दोषोंका मूलोच्छेद करके परमपदको प्राप्त कर लेते हैं
bhīṣma uvāca | rāgaṁ mohaṁ tathā snehaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca kevalam | yogāc chittvā tato doṣān pañcaitān prāpnuvanti tat ||
Bhishma said: “By the discipline of yoga, a yogin cuts off at the root these five faults—attachment, delusion, clinging affection, desire, and anger—and, having thus removed them, attains that highest state.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yoga is presented as an ethical and liberating discipline: by cutting off five inner defects—attachment (rāga), delusion (moha), clinging affection (sneha), desire (kāma), and anger (krodha)—one becomes fit to attain the highest state.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues his discourse on right conduct and inner discipline, explaining that true attainment comes from conquering mental afflictions through yoga.