Shloka 55
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
कामक्रोधौ भयं निद्रा पञ्चम: श्वास उच्यते । एते दोषा: शरीरेषु दृश्यन्ते सर्वदेहिनाम्,काम, क्रोध, भय, निद्रा और श्वास--ये पाँच दोष समस्त देहधारियोंके शरीरोंमें देखे जाते हैं
kāmakrodhau bhayaṁ nidrā pañcamaḥ śvāsa ucyate | ete doṣāḥ śarīreṣu dṛśyante sarvadehinām ||
Bhishma dit : Désir et colère, peur et sommeil—et, en cinquième, le souffle—tels sont les défauts du corps. On les voit dans le corps de tous les êtres incarnés ; il faut donc les comprendre et les discipliner dans la quête de la maîtrise de soi et du dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies five universally present disturbances in embodied life—desire, anger, fear, sleep, and breath—as factors that condition behavior. Recognizing their inevitability in the body encourages vigilance and discipline, so that one does not let them override discernment and dharma.
In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on righteous living and inner governance. Here he classifies common bodily and psychological forces that affect all beings, framing them as practical obstacles to be understood and regulated.