Shloka 127
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
आप ही द्वेष, इच्छा, राग, मोह, क्षमा, अक्षमा, व्यवसाय, धैर्य, लोभ, काम, क्रोध, जय तथा पराजय हैं ।।
tvam eva dveṣa icchā rāga mohaḥ kṣamā akṣamā vyavasāyo dhairyaṁ lobhaḥ kāmaḥ krodho jayaḥ parājayaś ca | tvaṁ gadī tvaṁ śarī cāpī khaṭvāṅgī jharjharī tathā | chettā bhettā prahartā tvaṁ netā mantā pitā mataḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「憎しみ、欲望、執着、迷妄、忍耐、不忍、決意、堅忍、貪欲、情欲、憤怒、勝利、敗北――それらはすべて汝自身である。汝は棍棒（ガダー）を執る者、汝は矢であり弓である。汝はカトヴァーンガ（khaṭvāṅga）と、ジャルジャリー（jharjharī）と呼ばれる武器を帯びる。汝は斬り、裂き、打つ者。汝は正道へ導く導師であり、善を思惟する者であり、父と仰がれる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an all-encompassing vision of the Divine: both opposing mental forces (hatred and forgiveness, resolve and greed) and the means of action (weapons, cutting and striking) are said to be ‘You’. Ethically, it implies that human conflict and moral struggle occur within a larger sacred order, and that one should seek right guidance (netā) and right reflection (mantā) to align action with dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhishma delivers teachings and praises the supreme principle/person he addresses. Here he speaks in the mode of a hymn, attributing to the Divine the full range of inner dispositions and outer instruments, emphasizing divine sovereignty over both psychological states and worldly outcomes like victory and defeat.