Shloka 18
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
रूपेण दृष्टि संयुक्तां प्राणं गन्धगुणेन च | शब्दे सक्तं तथा श्रीत्र॑ जिह्ना रसगुणेषु च
rūpeṇa dṛṣṭi-saṃyuktā prāṇaṃ gandha-guṇena ca | śabde saktaṃ tathā śrotraṃ jihvā rasa-guṇeṣu ca ||
ビーシュマは言った。「視覚は形（色）と結びつき、生命の息（プラーナ prāṇa）は香（匂い）の性質と結びつく。聴覚は音に執し、舌は味の性質に執する。かくして諸感官は本性としてそれぞれの対象へ走る。この結びつきを知ることは、自制と正しい行いの要である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Each sense faculty is naturally bound to its corresponding object—sight to form, hearing to sound, tongue to taste, and so on. Recognizing this built-in tendency helps one practice restraint (dama) and avoid being carried away by sense-attachment, which is central to dharmic living.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he explains how the senses relate to their objects, as part of a broader discussion on controlling desire and cultivating steadiness of mind.