Shloka 7
Śarīrin, Buddhi, and the Limits of Sense-Perception (इन्द्रियबुद्धिशरीरिविचारः)
प्रेयाण्यपि च सर्वाणि जह्याद् ध्यानेन योगवित् | पज्चवर्गप्रमाथीनि नेच्छेच्चैतानि वीर्यवान्
bhīṣma uvāca | preyāṇy api ca sarvāṇi jahyād dhyānena yogavit | pañcavarga-pramāthīni necchec caitāni vīryavān |
毘湿摩は言った。「快い感官の対象であっても、ヨーガを知る者は禅定によって捨て去るべきである。剛毅なる者は、五つの機能の群れを激しくかき乱すそれらの対象を、欲することすらしてはならない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses): even pleasurable sense-objects should be abandoned through meditation, and one should not entertain desire for those objects that agitate the five senses and destabilize the mind.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma advises the listener on yogic practice: the yogin should withdraw from sense-pleasures and, by sustained meditation, refuse even mental craving for sensory objects.