Shloka 25
Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)
गुणानां साम्यमागम्य मनसैव मनोवहम् | देहकर्मा नुदन् प्राणानन्तकाले विमुच्यते
guṇānāṃ sāmyam āgamya manasaiva manovaham | dehakarmā nudan prāṇān antakāle vimucyate
Bhīṣma dit : Ayant atteint l’égalité des guṇa, et, par l’esprit seul, réfrénant l’élan même de l’esprit, celui qui a maîtrisé les actes du corps—en retenant les souffles vitaux—est délivré à l’ultime heure.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is approached through inner mastery: balancing the guṇas (freedom from agitation and dullness), restraining the mind by the mind itself, and disciplining bodily action and the vital breaths—so that at death one departs unbound.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and the path of inner peace; here he describes a yogic-ethical method of preparing for the end of life, presenting equanimity and self-restraint as the means to release at the final moment.