Shloka 14
Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)
मनसश्रेन्द्रियाणां च कृत्वैकाग्र्यं समाहित: । पूर्वरात्रापरार्ध च धारयेन्मन आत्मनि
manasaś cendriyāṇāṃ ca kṛtvaikāgryaṃ samāhitaḥ | pūrvarātrāparārdhaṃ ca dhārayen mana ātmany, sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati | vidvān yogake yo kāma-krodha-lobha-bhayaṃ ca pañcamaṃ svapnam—ime pañca doṣān āhuḥ, teṣāṃ pūrṇatayā ucchedaṃ kuryāt | imeṣu krodhaṃ śamena (manonigraheṇa) jayet, kāmaṃ saṅkalpatyāgena parājayet, tathā dhīraḥ sattvaguṇasaṃsevanena nidrāyā ucchedaṃ kartum śaknoti |
ヴィヤーサは言った。「心と諸感官を一つの点へと集め、揺るぎない専心に据えたなら、修行者は夜の後半と暁前の時刻に、心をアートマン（自己）のうちに保つべきである。サットヴァ（清明と均衡）を養うことにより、堅固なる者は眠りを断つに足る者となる。賢者たちはヨーガの修練において、五つの過失—欲、怒り、貪り、恐れ、そして眠り／夢想—を説き、これらを根こそぎにせよと言う。そのうち怒りは静かな心の制御によって征し、欲は強迫的な意志と決意を捨てることで超え、サットヴァへの不断の依止によって、断固たる者は眠気の重さを払いのけるのである。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches yogic self-discipline: collect mind and senses into one-pointed concentration, practice especially in the late-night/pre-dawn hours, cultivate sattva, and uproot five obstacles—desire, anger, greed, fear, and sleep/dreaming—by specific remedies such as śama (mental restraint) for anger and saṅkalpa-tyāga (abandoning compulsive resolve) for desire.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Vyāsa is giving practical guidance on inner training and meditation, describing when and how to steady the mind and listing common psychological obstacles that a practitioner must eliminate.