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 ||
ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ದೋಷಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದು, ಅವುಗಳಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ದುಃಖವನ್ನೂ ತತ್ತ್ವತಃ ಅರಿಯಬೇಕು. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ದೇಹದ ದುರ್ಬಲತೆ ಮತ್ತು ವ್ಯಾಕುಲತೆಯನ್ನು ಕೂಡ ಇರುವಂತೆಯೇ ಸಮ್ಯಕ್ವಾಗಿ ವಿವೇಚಿಸಿ ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು.
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.