Shloka 4
Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)
योगदोषान् समुच्छिद्य पठच यान् कवयो विदु:
vyāsa uvāca | yogadoṣān samucchidya paṭhaca yān kavayo viduḥ | sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati |
ವ್ಯಾಸನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗುವ, ಕವಿಗಳು ತಿಳಿದಿರುವ ದೋಷಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಛೇದಿಸಿ ತೊಲಗಿಸಬೇಕು. ಸತ್ತ್ವಗುಣದ ಸೇವನೆಯಿಂದ ಧೀರನು ನಿದ್ರೆ (ಆಲಸ್ಯ-ತಮಸ್ಸು)ಯನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸಲು ಯೋಗ್ಯನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yoga requires removing inner obstacles at their root. By cultivating sattva—purity and clarity—a disciplined person becomes capable of overcoming drowsiness and sustaining wakeful, ethical self-mastery.
In the instructional discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa gives practical guidance for spiritual discipline, pointing to recognized impediments to yoga and prescribing sattva-cultivation as a means to dispel sleep and maintain steady practice.