Shloka 15
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
तदेव बहुभिमर्माल्यैर्वास्यथमानं पुनः पुनः । विमुञज्चति स्वकं गन्धं माल्यगन्धे च तिष्ठति
tad eva bahubhir marmālyair vāsyathamānaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | vimuñcati svakaṃ gandhaṃ mālyagandhe ca tiṣṭhati ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ນ້ໍາມັນງາ ຫຼືນ້ໍາມັນຜັກກາດນັ້ນເອງ ເມື່ອຖືກອົບກິ່ນດ້ວຍພວງດອກໄມ້ຫອມຫຼາຍໆ ແລະອົບຊໍ້າໆ ມັນຈະປ່ອຍກິ່ນເດີມຂອງຕົນ ແລະຢູ່ໃນກິ່ນຂອງດອກໄມ້ນັ້ນ. ໃນທໍານອງດຽວກັນ ກອງຂໍ້ບົກພ່ອງທັງຫຼາຍ ທີ່ຖືກຂັບເຄື່ອນໂດຍຄຸນທັງສາມ—ສັດຕະວະ, ຣາຊະສະ, ແລະ ຕະມະສະ—ແລະຖືກເສີມແຮງຕະຫຼອດຮ້ອຍໆຊາດ ດ້ວຍການຄົບຄົນກັບເມຍ, ລູກ ແລະອື່ນໆ, ສາມາດຖືກນໍາໃຫ້ສິ້ນສຸດໄດ້ ດ້ວຍປັນຍາ ແລະຄວາມພາກພຽນອັນສືບຕໍ່ ທີ່ເກີດຈາກການຝຶກຝົນຢ່າງມີວິໄນ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Repeated association and sustained practice can transform one’s ingrained tendencies: just as oil repeatedly infused with floral scent relinquishes its own odor and takes on the garland’s fragrance, so too long-accumulated faults driven by the three guṇas can be reduced and ended through discernment (buddhi) and disciplined practice (abhyāsa) supported by deliberate effort (yatna).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on inner discipline and the workings of the guṇas, Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira using a concrete household analogy (oil absorbing perfume) to explain how deep-seated dispositions formed over many lives and reinforced by worldly attachments can nevertheless be altered through understanding and sustained spiritual-ethical effort.