Shloka 51
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
देहदोषांस्तथा ज्ञात्वा तेषां दुःखं च तत्त्वतः । देहविक्लवतां चैव सम्यग विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः
dehadoṣāṁs tathā jñātvā teṣāṁ duḥkhaṁ ca tattvataḥ | dehaviklavtāṁ caiva samyag vijñāya tattvataḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「身体に内在する過失を見定めたなら、それらから生じる苦をも、真実のままに理解すべきである。同様に、身体の脆さと動揺とを、ありのままに正しく見分けよ。」この教えにおいてビーシュマは、自己欺瞞なく肉身の限界とその帰結たる痛みを見つめる、清明で倫理的な離欲を勧める。そうしてこそ、人は堅固さと自制、そしてより高い識別へとふさわしくなる。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To cultivate truthful discernment about the body: recognize its inherent defects, understand the suffering that follows from them, and clearly perceive bodily frailty. This realism supports ethical steadiness and detachment, reducing delusion-driven attachment.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and the path to peace after the war. Here he emphasizes reflective insight into embodied suffering as part of a broader teaching on restraint, dispassion, and right understanding.