Shloka 14
इन्द्रेण वृत्रवधः, ब्रह्महत्याया अनुगमनम्, तथा च विभाजन-निवासविधानम्
Indra’s defeat of Vṛtra; pursuit by Brahmahatyā; allocation of her abodes
काम॑ क्रोधं च लोभं च भयं स्वप्रं च पजचमम् । परित्यज्य निषेवेत यतवाग् योगसाधनान्
kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca lobhaṁ ca bhayaṁ svapnaṁ ca pañcamam | parityajya niṣeveta yatavāg yogasādhanān ||
Bhishma berkata: “Nafsu, amarah, ketamakan, takut, dan tidur sebagai yang kelima—itulah lima cela yang menghalangi yoga, dikenal para bijak. Cabutlah sampai ke akar; tinggalkanlah, kendalikan ucapan, dan berlatihlah dengan tekun dalam disiplin-disiplin yoga.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yoga requires ethical and psychological purification: the aspirant should uproot five inner hindrances—desire, anger, greed, fear, and excessive sleep—and then cultivate yogic disciplines with restraint of speech and conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the path of inner peace; here he gives practical guidance for yoga by identifying key faults to renounce and urging disciplined practice.