Shloka 12
महाभूत–इन्द्रिय–मनस्–बुद्धि–अन्तरात्मा विवेकः | Discrimination of Elements, Senses, Mind, Intellect, and Inner Self
दन्तोलूखलिका: केचिदश्मकुट्टास्तथा परे | शुक्लपक्षे पिबन्त्येके यवागूं क्वथितां सकृत्
dantolūkhalikāḥ kecid aśmakuṭṭās tathā pare | śuklapakṣe pibanty eke yavāgūṃ kvathitāṃ sakṛt ||
ວະຍາສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ບາງຄົນດໍາລົງຊີວິດໂດຍໃຊ້ແຕ່ແຂ້ວເປັນຄົກ, ບາງຄົນອື່ນກໍຕໍາດ້ວຍຫີນ. ໃນຄື່ງເດືອນສວ່າງ (śukla-pakṣa) ບາງຄົນດື່ມພຽງຄັ້ງດຽວຕໍ່ມື້ ແຕ່ສ່ວນດຽວຂອງຂ້າວຕົ້ມເຫຼວ (yavāgū) ທີ່ຕົ້ມສຸກ—ເປັນຫຼັກຖານເຖິງວິໄນຕະປັດຫຼາຍຮູບແບບ ທີ່ຜູ້ແສວງຫາໃຊ້ເພື່ອຂັບຄວາມຢາກ ແລະຝຶກການຄວບຄຸມຕົນເອງ.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the diversity and rigor of ascetic disciplines, emphasizing restraint of the senses and appetite as a means to cultivate self-mastery and ethical steadiness (tapas as a support to dharma).
Vyāsa is describing different kinds of ascetics and their practices—some adopting extreme methods of preparing food and others limiting themselves to a single drink of boiled gruel during the bright fortnight—illustrating graded forms of austerity.