Shloka 1
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
ऑपन--माज बछ। अकाल षर्डाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: परमात्मतत्त्वका निरूपण--मनु-बृहस्पति-संवादकी समाप्ति मनुर्वाच यदा तै: पञ्चभि: पज्च युक्तानि मनसा सह । अथ तद् रक्ष्यते ब्रह्म मणौ सूत्रमिवापितम्
manur uvāca | yadā taiḥ pañcabhiḥ pañca yuktāni manasā saha | atha tad rakṣyate brahma maṇau sūtram ivāpitam ||
Manu dit : Ô Bṛhaspati ! Lorsque l’homme, avec le mental, maîtrise les cinq sens ainsi que leurs cinq objets (son, toucher, forme, goût et odeur), alors il réalise le Brahman suprême, qui pénètre tout—tel le fil qui traverse et tient ensemble un chapelet de gemmes.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that realization of Brahman depends on disciplined restraint of the five senses together with the mind and their pull toward the five sense-objects. When this inner governance is achieved, Brahman is known as the all-pervading reality—illustrated by the thread that invisibly runs through and holds together a set of gems.
Within the Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue (recounted in Śānti Parva), Manu explains to Bṛhaspati the practical condition for highest knowledge: mastery over sensory experience and mental activity, culminating in direct insight into the Supreme Brahman.