Shloka 47
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
नियच्छ यच्छ संयच्छ इन्द्रियाणि मनो गिरम् | प्रतिषेद्धा न चाप्येषु दुर्बलेष्वहितेष्वपि
niyaccha yaccha saṁyaccha indriyāṇi mano giram | pratiṣeddhā na cāpyeṣu durbaleṣv ahiteṣv api
ビーシュマは言った。「感官と心とことばを抑え、制し、堅く鍛えて規律づけよ。拒み、踏みとどまることのできる者となれ—些細で害のないように見える事柄においてさえ、そして実は不善である場合においてさえ—一度の緩みが罪へと育たぬように。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches rigorous self-restraint: discipline the senses, mind, and speech, and cultivate the capacity to refuse temptations—especially those that seem small or harmless—because minor lapses can lead to harmful outcomes and erosion of dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he emphasizes inner governance—control of sensory impulses, mental movements, and speech—as a foundation for ethical life and stable kingship.