मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
ध्यानक्रियापरो युक्तो ध्यानवान् ध्याननिश्चय: । ध्याने समाधिमुत्पाद्य तदपि त्यजति क्रमात्
dhyānakriyāparo yukto dhyānavān dhyānaniścayaḥ | dhyāne samādhimutpādya tad api tyajati kramāt ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ຜູ້ມີວິໄນ ແລະອຸທິດຕົນຕໍ່ການປະຕິບັດສະມາທິ—ໝັ້ນຄົງໃນການເພ່ງພິຈາລະນາ ແລະມີຄວາມຕັ້ງໃຈແນ່ວແນ່—ຍ່ອມກໍ່ໃຫ້ເກີດສະມາທິ (samādhi) ຜ່ານການເພ່ງ. ແລ້ວຕໍ່ມາ ຄ່ອຍໆ ປ່ອຍວາງແມ່ນແຕ່ກິດຈະກໍາແຫ່ງການເພ່ງນັ້ນເອງ. ຄໍາສອນນີ້ຊີ້ເຖິງການຍົກຂຶ້ນພາຍໃນ: ການຝຶກຝົນສິ້ນສຸດດ້ວຍການຮູ້ແຈ້ງໂດຍກົງ ແລະເມື່ອບັນລຸເປົ້າໝາຍ ແມ່ນແຕ່ວິທີການກໍຖືກປ່ອຍວາງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Meditation is a disciplined means that culminates in samādhi and direct insight; once that culmination is reached, even the act of meditating is gradually relinquished—signifying non-attachment to methods and resting in realized awareness.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma continues advising on yogic practice: he describes the practitioner’s progression from sustained meditation to samādhi, and then to a stage where the practitioner no longer clings even to the practice itself.