Shloka 8
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
वेदवादाश्न निर्वत्ता: शान्ता ब्रह्मण्यवस्थिता: । सांख्ययोगौ तु यायुक्तौ मुनिभि: समदर्शिभि:,यदि जप करनेवाले साधकको अणिमा आदि एऐकश्वर्य प्राप्त हों और वह उनमें अनुरक्त हो जाय तो वह ही उसके लिये नरक है, वह उससे छुटकारा नहीं पाता है ।।
Bhīṣma uvāca: vedavādāś ca nirvṛttāḥ śāntā brahmaṇy avasthitāḥ | sāṅkhyayogau tu yāyuktau munibhiḥ samadarśibhiḥ || rageṇa jāpako japyaṃ karute tatra mohitaḥ | yatrāsya rāgaḥ patati tatra tatropapadyate ||
ビーシュマは言った。「ヴェーダをめぐる言葉の争いを超えた者たちは、内に満ち、静まり、ブラフマンに堅く安住する。平等の眼をもつ聖仙は、サーンキヤとヨーガを正しく結び合わせる。だが、もしジャパの行者が執着に迷わされ、果報への渇望をもって反復するなら、その欲が落ちるところ、そこに再び生まれる——執着の対象にふさわしい身を受ける。かくして執着は、修行を解脱ではなく堕落の因へと変えてしまう。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual practice must be free from craving for powers or results. When japa is driven by attachment (rāga), the mind fixes on a desired fruit and that attachment becomes the cause of continued rebirth; true progress is tranquility and establishment in Brahman, harmonizing knowledge (Sāṅkhya) and discipline (Yoga).
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising on liberation-oriented conduct. He contrasts sages who transcend mere Vedic argument and abide in Brahman with practitioners who, though performing japa, become entangled by desire for outcomes—thereby determining their next embodiment according to their attachment.