Shloka 16
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिन: । रसवर्ज रसो<प्यस्य परं दृष्टवा निवर्तते
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ | rasavarjaṁ raso 'py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||
Bhīṣma dijo: Para quien se abstiene de los placeres de los sentidos, los objetos sensoriales se retiran; sin embargo, permanece el “sabor” residual del deseo. Pero cuando se contempla directamente la Realidad Suprema, incluso ese anhelo remanente se extingue. La enseñanza subraya que la mera contención externa es incompleta si no se disuelve el apego interior mediante una realización más alta.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
External withdrawal from sense-objects can stop indulgence, but the inner ‘taste’ (residual craving) may persist; only direct realization of the Supreme removes that subtle attachment completely.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhīṣma teaches that true mastery over the senses is not merely abstinence but the transformation of desire through higher spiritual vision.