Shloka 105
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
स्पृहामोहाभिमानेषु लोक: सक्तो विमुहति । “लोग ईर्ष्या, अभिमान, लोभ, काम, क्रोध, भय, स्पृहा, मोह और अभिमानमें फँसकर अपना विवेक खो बैठे हैं ।।
bhīṣma uvāca |
spṛhā-mohābhimāneṣu lokaḥ sakto vimuhyati |
bhavāṁs tu bhāva-tattva-jño vidvān jñāna-tapo'nvitaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「人々は渇望（スプṛハー）、迷妄、そして自負に執着して惑い、分別を失う。だが汝は万有の真実相を知る者—博学にして、智慧と苦行（タパス）を具え—時のはたらきを明らかに見、揺るがぬ理解によって実在を裁く。教えの要はこうだ。束縛は内なる煩悩から生じ、明晰さと正しい判断は、鍛えられた知と自己統御から生ずる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to craving, delusion, and ego makes people lose discernment; wisdom arises from knowledge, austerity, and mastery over the mind, which enables one to see reality (and Time’s movement) clearly.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma contrasts the confused condition of ordinary people with the elevated insight of his listener, praising him as a knower of truth and fit to understand subtle principles.