Shloka 15
Śarīrin, Buddhi, and the Limits of Sense-Perception (इन्द्रियबुद्धिशरीरिविचारः)
विचारश्न विवेकश्न वितर्कश्षोपजायते । मुने: समादधानस्य प्रथमं ध्यानमादितः,योगी जब ध्यानका आरम्भ करता है, तब पहले उसके मनमें ध्यानविषयक विचार, विवेक और वितर्क आदि प्रकट होते हैं
vicāraś ca vivekaś ca vitarkaś copajāyate | muneḥ samādhānasya prathamaṃ dhyānam āditaḥ ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອມຸນີ-ໂຍຄີເລີ່ມຝຶກສະມາທິ ແລະຮວບຮວມໃຈໃຫ້ເຂົ້າສູ່ການຈົ່ງຈໍາ, ໃນຕອນແຮກສຸດຈະເກີດການເຄື່ອນໄຫວຂອງໃຈ ເຊັ່ນ ຄວາມຄິດພິຈາລະນາ, ປັນຍາແຍກແຍະ, ແລະການໄຕ່ຕອງເຫດຜົນ ທີ່ຜູກພັນກັບວັດຖຸແຫ່ງສະມາທິ. ນີ້ແມ່ນຂັ້ນຕອນແຮກຂອງວິໄນພາຍໃນ ເມື່ອໃຈເລີ່ມຮຽນຮູ້ທີ່ຈະຫັນຈາກຄວາມຟຸ້ງຊ່ານໄປສູ່ຄວາມແຈ້ງຊັດ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
At the beginning of meditation, the mind does not become silent immediately; it first produces structured mental activity—reflection (vicāra), discernment (viveka), and reasoning (vitarka). These are presented as natural early signs of concentration developing, guiding the practitioner toward clearer, ethically informed awareness.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhīṣma is teaching about yogic practice. He describes the initial phase of a sage’s meditation: as the yogin starts to concentrate, certain cognitive processes arise around the meditation-object, indicating the mind’s transition from scattered thought to ordered contemplation.