Shloka 13
Śarīrin, Buddhi, and the Limits of Sense-Perception (इन्द्रियबुद्धिशरीरिविचारः)
समादितं क्षणं किज्चिद् ध्यानवर्त्मनि तिष्ठति । पुनर्वायुपथं भ्रान्तं मनो भवति वायुवत्
samāditaṁ kṣaṇaṁ kiñcid dhyānavartmani tiṣṭhati | punar vāyupathaṁ bhrāntaṁ mano bhavati vāyuvat ||
ビーシュマは言った。「心が初めて収められ、修習へと据えられると、瞑想の道にしばし留まる。だがやがて生命の風の流れへと再び迷い込み、惑乱して、風そのもののように落ち着きを失い、定まらなくなる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even after initial concentration, the mind tends to slip back into habitual restlessness; therefore sustained practice and disciplined regulation of the inner energies (prāṇa/vāyu) are needed for stable meditation.
In Bhishma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he describes a meditator’s common experience: the mind briefly becomes one-pointed, then wanders again, becoming fickle like the wind.