Shloka 55
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
कामक्रोधौ भयं निद्रा पञ्चम: श्वास उच्यते । एते दोषा: शरीरेषु दृश्यन्ते सर्वदेहिनाम्,काम, क्रोध, भय, निद्रा और श्वास--ये पाँच दोष समस्त देहधारियोंके शरीरोंमें देखे जाते हैं
kāmakrodhau bhayaṁ nidrā pañcamaḥ śvāsa ucyate | ete doṣāḥ śarīreṣu dṛśyante sarvadehinām ||
ಕಾಮ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರೋಧ, ಭಯ ಮತ್ತು ನಿದ್ರೆ—ಮತ್ತು ಐದನೆಯದು ಶ್ವಾಸ—ಇವು ದೇಹದ ದೋಷಗಳು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತವೆ. ಈ ದೋಷಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ದೇಹಧಾರಿಗಳ ದೇಹಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತವೆ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies five universally present disturbances in embodied life—desire, anger, fear, sleep, and breath—as factors that condition behavior. Recognizing their inevitability in the body encourages vigilance and discipline, so that one does not let them override discernment and dharma.
In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on righteous living and inner governance. Here he classifies common bodily and psychological forces that affect all beings, framing them as practical obstacles to be understood and regulated.