Shloka 9
तुलाधार-उपदेशः
Tulādhāra’s Instruction to Jājali on Ahiṃsā and Abhaya-dāna
धैर्योपपत्तिवर्यक्तिश्न विसर्ग: कल्पना क्षमा । सदसच्चाशुता चैव मनसो नव वै गुणा:,धैर्य, तर्क-वितर्कमें कुशलता, स्मरण, भ्रान्ति, कल्पना, क्षमा, शुभ एवं अशुभ संकल्प और चंचलता--ये मनके नौ गुण हैं
dhairyopapattir vyaktiś ca visargaḥ kalpanā kṣamā | sadasac cāśutā caiva manaso nava vai guṇāḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「不動の忍耐、正しき理と分別、明晰なる言辞、放下して解き放つ力、想像力、寛忍、心に吉と凶の意向を結ぶはたらき、そして移ろいやすさ——これこそ心の九つの性質である。これらの動きと力を知れば、心が徳をも過ちをも支えるさま、また規律によってそれをダルマへ導き得ることが悟られる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies the mind by nine observable capacities—steadfastness, reasoning, expression, release, imagination, forbearance, auspicious and inauspicious intending, and quick fickleness—so that one can recognize how the mind becomes an instrument for dharma or for error and train it accordingly.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on righteous living and inner governance, Bhishma continues his didactic discourse, analyzing the mind’s functions for the listener as part of ethical and spiritual guidance.