Shloka 96

मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः

Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge

Devanagari script

मन:समाधिरत्रापि तथेन्द्रियजय: स्मृतः । राजन! यहाँ जैसा कारण सुना जाता है, वैसा आगे बताया जायगा। सांख्य और योग --इन दोनों मार्गोंमें भी मनोनिग्रह और इन्द्रियसंयम आवश्यक माने गये हैं

Transliteration

manaḥ-samādhir atrāpi tathendriya-jayaḥ smṛtaḥ | rājan! yathā kāraṇaṃ śrūyate tathāgre vakṣyate | sāṅkhya-yogau—anayoḥ ubhayor api manonigraha indriya-saṃyamaś ca āvaśyakaḥ manyate |

Translation

Di sini pun, penyerapan batin (samādhi) dan penaklukan indria dinyatakan penting. Wahai Raja, alasan sebagaimana didengar akan dijelaskan lebih lanjut. Dalam kedua jalan—Sāṅkhya dan Yoga—pengendalian pikiran dan disiplin indria dipandang tak terpisahkan.

Word by Word

मनःmind

समाधिःconcentration; absorption

अत्रhere; in this context

अपिalso; even

तथाlikewise; so

इन्द्रियजयःconquest/control of the senses

स्मृतःis remembered/considered (as)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Yudhisthira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Both Sāṅkhya (knowledge/discrimination) and Yoga (practice/discipline) require the same ethical-psychological foundation: mastery of the senses and restraint of the mind, culminating in steady concentration (samādhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues instructing King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the means to inner freedom, emphasizing that regardless of the chosen philosophical path, mental and sensory discipline is mandatory, and promising to explain the supporting rationale later.