Shloka 7
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
सांख्ययोगौ तु यायुक्तौ मुनिभिमोक्षदर्शिभि: । संन्यास एव वेदान्ते वर्तते जपन॑ प्रति
bhīṣma uvāca | sāṅkhyayogau tu yāyuktau munibhir mokṣadarśibhiḥ | saṃnyāsa eva vedānte vartate japaṃ prati | artha-aiśvarya-pravṛtteṣu jāpakaḥ tatra rajyate | sa eva nirayas tasya na asau tasmāt pramucyate ||
ビーシュマは言った。「解脱を見た聖仙たちは、サーンキヤとヨーガの双方を正しい修行として説いた。だがヴェーダーンタ（ここではサーンキヤ寄りの見地）において、ジャパに関する真の規範はサンニャーサ、すなわち放棄である——修行の外形や報いにさえ執着を捨てることだ。もしジャパに励む者が財や世俗の利得の追求に絡め取られるなら、その執着こそが彼の地獄となり、そこから解き放たれない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even spiritually valued practices like japa must be grounded in renunciation and non-attachment. If japa becomes mixed with craving for wealth, status, or power, the practitioner’s attachment itself becomes a form of suffering (niraya), preventing liberation.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira that both Sāṅkhya and Yoga are affirmed by realized sages, but he warns that mantra-practice loses its liberating force when the practitioner is drawn into worldly pursuits and rewards.