Shloka 14
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
नच तै: स्पृश्यते भावैर्न ते तेन महात्मना | सरजस्को5रजस्कश्न नैव वायुर्भवेद् यथा
na ca taiḥ spṛśyate bhāvair na te tena mahātmanā | sa-rajasko 'rajaskaś ca naiva vāyur bhaved yathā ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ອາຕະມາອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ບໍ່ຖືກສະພາວະເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນແຕະຕ້ອງ ແລະກໍບໍ່ຖືກກຳນົດໂດຍມັນຢ່າງສິ້ນເຊີງ. ເຫມືອນລົມທີ່ເຄື່ອນຢູ່ທ່າມກາງຝຸ່ນຟຸ້ງ ບໍ່ໄດ້ເປື້ອນຝຸ່ນຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ ແຕ່ໃນທາງປະຕິບັດກໍບໍ່ອາດເວົ້າວ່າບໍ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງເລີຍ—ສັນນັ້ນແຫຼະ ຊີວາຕະມາບໍ່ເປື້ອນໂດຍຣາຊະສະ ຕາມະສະ ແລະອື່ນໆ ໃນສານະສຳຄັນ ແຕ່ໃນຊີວິດທີ່ມີກາຍ ມັນປາກົດຄືວ່າຜູກພັນກັບພວກນັ້ນຜ່ານຜົນຂອງມັນ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Self (ātman) is intrinsically beyond the guṇas and their moods (rajas, tamas, etc.). It is not essentially stained by them, though in embodied experience it seems associated with them through their observable effects—like wind amid dust.
In Śānti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on liberation-oriented ethics and self-knowledge. Here he uses the analogy of wind and dust to clarify how the Self relates to mental qualities: appearing connected, yet not truly contaminated.