Shloka 27
Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)
तस्मात् तदभिघाताय कर्म कुर्यादकल्मषम् | रजस्तमश्न हित्वेह यथेष्टां गतिमाप्रुयात्
tasmāt tad-abhighātāya karma kuryād akalmaṣam | rajas-tamaś ca hitveha yatheṣṭāṁ gatim āpnuyāt ||
म्हणून त्या (उन्मत्त मन)चा पराभव करण्यासाठी मनुष्याने निर्दोष, निष्काम कर्म करावे। असे केल्याने तो इहलोकी रजोगुण व तमोगुण त्यागून, इच्छित गती प्राप्त करतो।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To master the mind, one should engage in blameless, desireless action (akalmaṣa karma). Such disciplined action weakens passion (rajas) and inertia/delusion (tamas), enabling the seeker to attain the intended spiritual course or goal (gati).
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he explains a practical method for subduing the mind: perform pure, untainted action so that the lower guṇas are relinquished and higher progress becomes possible.