Shloka 10
कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः
The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors
अतः सब प्रकारके संकल्पोंका नाश करके चित्तको सूक्ष्म बुद्धिमें लीन करे। इस प्रकार बुद्धिमें चित्तका लय करके वह कालपर विजय पा जाता है ।।
cittaprasādena yatir jahātīha śubhāśubham | prasannātmā ātmani sthitvā sukham atyantam aśnute || rūpaṃ cakṣur vipākaś ca tridhā jyotir vidhīyate | raso 'tha rasanā sneho guṇās tv ete trayo 'mbhasaḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。心の澄明（プラサーダ）によって、精進する苦行者はこの世において「善」と「悪」という束縛する対立をともに捨て去る。静かな内面をもって自己（アートマン）に安住し、彼は最高にして比類なき安楽を味わう。形相と眼と消化の火は、光明の原理（火）の三つの現れである。味と舌と身体の潤い（油性）は、水の原理の三つの現れである—かくして賢者は諸元素を悟り、感官の働きへの執着から解き放たれる。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purity and serenity of mind (citta-prasāda) enables the seeker to transcend attachment to merit and demerit as binding dualities, remain established in the Self, and experience the highest happiness; sensory functions are understood as elemental operations (fire/light and water), reducing identification and craving.
In Vyāsa’s instruction within Śānti Parva’s liberation-oriented discourse, the focus shifts from external action to inner discipline: the ascetic refines the mind, relinquishes evaluative clinging to ‘good/bad’ outcomes, and contemplates how perception and bodily processes arise from elemental principles.