Shloka 266
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
लिज्रानि रजसस्तानि दृश्यन्ते हेत्वहेतुभि: । जब शरीर या मनमें किसी कारणसे या अकारण ही दाह, शोक, संताप, अपूर्णता (लोभ-लिप्सा) और असहनशीलताके भाव दिखायी देते हों तो उन्हें रजोगुणके चिह्न समझना चाहिये
liṅgāni rajasas tāni dṛśyante hetv-ahetubhiḥ |
Bhishma dijo: Ésas son las señales de la cualidad de rajas: cuando, en el cuerpo o en la mente, se perciben una agitación ardiente, aflicción, tormento, un sentimiento de carencia que se expresa como ansia y afán de acaparar, y la intolerancia—ya surjan por alguna causa o incluso sin causa aparente—debe entenderse que son signos de rajas.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma defines how to recognize rajas in lived experience: agitation and heat in body/mind, sorrow and distress, craving born of a sense of insufficiency, and intolerance. Even when these arise without a clear external trigger, they still indicate the dominance of rajas and thus call for restraint and inner regulation.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma continues his analysis of the three guṇas. Here he identifies observable psychological and somatic indicators by which one can diagnose rajas operating within oneself.