Shloka 14

इन्द्रेण वृत्रवधः, ब्रह्महत्याया अनुगमनम्, तथा च विभाजन-निवासविधानम्

Indra’s defeat of Vṛtra; pursuit by Brahmahatyā; allocation of her abodes

Devanagari script

काम॑ क्रोधं च लोभं च भयं स्वप्रं च पजचमम्‌ । परित्यज्य निषेवेत यतवाग्‌ योगसाधनान्‌

Transliteration

kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca lobhaṁ ca bhayaṁ svapnaṁ ca pañcamam | parityajya niṣeveta yatavāg yogasādhanān ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: «Deseo, ira, codicia, miedo y el sueño como quinto: éstos son, para los sabios, los cinco defectos que estorban el yoga. Hay que arrancarlos de raíz; abandonándolos y refrenando la palabra, debe uno practicar con diligencia las disciplinas que conducen al yoga».

Word by Word

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वप्नम्: sleep
• स्वप्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पञ्चमम्: the fifth (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• निषेवेत: should practice/should resort to
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-सेव्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• यतवाक्: one whose speech is restrained
• यतवाक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत-वाच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योगसाधनान्: means/practices of yoga
• योगसाधनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-साधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yoga requires ethical and psychological purification: the aspirant should uproot five inner hindrances—desire, anger, greed, fear, and excessive sleep—and then cultivate yogic disciplines with restraint of speech and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the path of inner peace; here he gives practical guidance for yoga by identifying key faults to renounce and urging disciplined practice.