Shloka 14
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
न चात्मा शक््यते द्रष्टमिन्द्रिये: कामगोचरै: । प्रवर्तमानैरनये दुष्करैरकृतात्मभि:
na cātmā śakyate draṣṭum indriyaiḥ kāmagocaraiḥ | pravartamānair anaye duṣkarair akṛtātmabhiḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「真我（アートマン）は感官によって真実には見られない。感官は欲望の領域をさまようからである。それらが誤りの道を奔り—落ち着きなく、制しがたい—とりわけ自己を制していない者にとって、内なる実在を直観することは不可能となる。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Self-knowledge is not attained through sense-driven experience, because the senses naturally chase desire and can lead one into error. Therefore, discipline (self-mastery and restraint of the senses) is presented as a prerequisite for perceiving the Ātman.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers instruction on inner discipline and the limits of sensory cognition, emphasizing that those lacking self-control (akṛtātmā) cannot gain direct insight into the Self while the senses remain active in desire’s domain.