Shloka 10
Prahlāda–Indra Saṃvāda: Kartṛtva (Agency) and Svabhāva (Nature) in the Causation of Karma
इसलिये बुद्धिके द्वारा मनको समाहित करके समस्त प्राणियोंमें स्थित परमात्मामें लगावे। किसीका अहित न सोचे, असम्भव वस्तुकी कामना न करे, मिथ्या पदार्थोंकी चिन्ता न करे और सफल प्रयत्न करके मनको ज्ञानके साधनमें लगा दे। वेदान्त-वाक्योंके श्रवण तथा सुदृढ़ प्रयत्नसे उत्तम ज्ञानकी प्राप्ति होती है ।।
tasmād buddhyā manaḥ samādhāya sarvabhūteṣu sthitaṃ paramātmānaṃ niveśayet | na kasyacid ahitaṃ cintayet, aśakyaṃ vastu na kāṅkṣet, mṛṣāpadārthān na cintayet, saphalaprayatnena ca manaḥ jñānasādhane yojayet | vedāntavākyānāṃ śravaṇena dṛḍhaprayatnena ca uttamajñānaprāptir bhavati || vivakṣatā ca sadvākyaṃ dharmasūkṣmam avekṣatā | satyāṃ vācam ahiṃsrāṃ ca vaded anapavādinīm | yasyāṃ śāṭhyaṃ kāṭhinyaṃ krauryam paiśunyaṃ ca sarvathā nāsti, tādṛśīṃ vācam api svalpamātrāṃ susthiracittena vaktavyām ||
ビーシュマは言った。「ゆえに、識別の智慧によって心を静め、あらゆる生きもののうちに住する至上の自己（パラマートマン）に心を結びつけよ。誰かを害そうと思うな。成し得ぬものを望むな。虚妄の対象に思い煩うな。そして目的ある精進によって、心を知の手段へと繋ぎとめよ。ヴェーダーンタの言葉を聴聞し、堅固に努めることで、最上の知が得られる。さらに、よく語ろうとし、ダルマの微妙さを見抜く者は、真実でありながら暴害を含まず、誹謗を離れた言葉を語るべきである。言葉は欺き、粗暴、残酷、告げ口を欠き、たとえそのように無過の言葉であっても、量をわきまえ、心を安定させて語るべきである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Discipline the mind through discernment and orient it toward the indwelling Supreme Self; pursue knowledge through Vedantic listening and steady effort; and practice dharmic speech—truthful yet non-harming and free from slander, deceit, harshness, cruelty, and gossip, spoken sparingly with a composed mind.
In the Shanti Parva’s post-war instruction, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on subtle dharma: inner restraint (mind fixed on the Self) and outer conduct (ethical speech) as practical disciplines for attaining higher knowledge and sustaining social harmony.