Shloka 49
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
कामानुबन्ध॑ नुदते यत् किंचित् पुरुषो रज: । कामक्रोधोद्धवं दुः:खमहीररतिरेव च
kāmānubandhaṁ nudate yat kiñcit puruṣo rajaḥ | kāmakrodhoddhavaṁ duḥkham ahīr aratir eva ca ||
ビーシュマは言った。「人は、感官の欲に結びつく執着から生じるラジャス（rajas—激情の動揺）のいかなる痕跡も追い払うべきである。苦しみ、恥知らず、そして不満は、まさに欲望と怒りから生まれる。ゆえにダルマにおける堅固さを求める者は、内なる騒乱と徳の頽廃を煽る欲望の鎖を断ち切らねばならぬ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire-linked attachment generates rajas (agitated passion), which in turn breeds suffering, shameless conduct, and chronic dissatisfaction; therefore one should actively remove the rajas that follows from kāma and krodha to live steadily in dharma.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on righteous living after the war, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on inner discipline, identifying desire and anger as root causes of moral and psychological downfall.