Shloka 10
इन्द्रेण वृत्रवधः, ब्रह्महत्याया अनुगमनम्, तथा च विभाजन-निवासविधानम्
Indra’s defeat of Vṛtra; pursuit by Brahmahatyā; allocation of her abodes
अनित्यत्वेन च स्नेहं क्षुधां योगेन पण्डित: । कारुण्येनात्मनो मान तृष्णां च परितोषत:
anityatvena ca snehaṁ kṣudhāṁ yogena paṇḍitaḥ | kāruṇyenātmano mānaṁ tṛṣṇāṁ ca paritoṣataḥ ||
Bhishma dijo: El sabio vence el apego al contemplar la impermanencia de todas las cosas; supera el hambre mediante la práctica disciplinada del yoga; somete la soberbia por la compasión; y domina el anhelo por el contentamiento. Así, cultivando estas disciplinas interiores, se vuelve apto para una conducta firme en el dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a practical inner discipline: contemplate impermanence to loosen attachment, practice yoga to restrain bodily urges like hunger, cultivate compassion to dissolve pride, and develop contentment to end craving. Together these form a dharmic method for mastering the mind and senses.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous living after the war. Here he gives concise guidance on self-conquest—how a wise person should train the inner life so that conduct in dharma becomes stable and unshaken.