Shloka 19
Śuka’s Nirveda: Vyāsa’s Admonition on Dharma, Impermanence, and ‘Imperishable Wealth’ (अक्षय-धन)
मानसं सर्वभूतेषु वर्तते वै शुभाशुभम् । अशुभेभ्य: सदा55क्षिप्य शुभेष्वेवावतारयेत्
mānasaṃ sarvabhūteṣu vartate vai śubhāśubham | aśubhebhyaḥ sadākṣipya śubheṣv evāvatārayet ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Dans l’esprit de tous les êtres surgissent sans cesse des élans salutaires et des élans funestes. C’est pourquoi il faut toujours détourner le mental de ce qui est malsain et ne l’établir que dans ce qui est sain.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Since both good and bad thoughts naturally arise in everyone, the discipline is to repeatedly withdraw the mind from unwholesome tendencies and deliberately establish it in wholesome ones.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma advises Yudhishthira on inner governance: moral life begins with training the mind to favor the good over the harmful.