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जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
लिज्रानि रजसस्तानि दृश्यन्ते हेत्वहेतुभि: । जब शरीर या मनमें किसी कारणसे या अकारण ही दाह, शोक, संताप, अपूर्णता (लोभ-लिप्सा) और असहनशीलताके भाव दिखायी देते हों तो उन्हें रजोगुणके चिह्न समझना चाहिये
liṅgāni rajasas tāni dṛśyante hetv-ahetubhiḥ |
ビーシュマは言った。「これこそがラジャス（激質）の徴である。身体においても心においても、原因があって起ころうと、あるいは明らかな原因もなく起ころうと、燃え立つような動揺、悲嘆、苦悶、欠乏感が欲望と貪りの収集・占有として現れること、そして不寛容が見えるなら、それらをラジャスのしるしと知るべきである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma defines how to recognize rajas in lived experience: agitation and heat in body/mind, sorrow and distress, craving born of a sense of insufficiency, and intolerance. Even when these arise without a clear external trigger, they still indicate the dominance of rajas and thus call for restraint and inner regulation.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma continues his analysis of the three guṇas. Here he identifies observable psychological and somatic indicators by which one can diagnose rajas operating within oneself.