Shloka 10
कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः
The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors
अतः सब प्रकारके संकल्पोंका नाश करके चित्तको सूक्ष्म बुद्धिमें लीन करे। इस प्रकार बुद्धिमें चित्तका लय करके वह कालपर विजय पा जाता है ।।
cittaprasādena yatir jahātīha śubhāśubham | prasannātmā ātmani sthitvā sukham atyantam aśnute || rūpaṃ cakṣur vipākaś ca tridhā jyotir vidhīyate | raso 'tha rasanā sneho guṇās tv ete trayo 'mbhasaḥ ||
ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ— ଚିତ୍ତପ୍ରସାଦରେ ଯତି ଏହି ଲୋକରେ ଶୁଭ ଓ ଅଶୁଭ—ଦୁହିଁକୁ ବନ୍ଧନରୂପ ଜାଣି ତ୍ୟାଗ କରେ। ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ଅନ୍ତଃକରଣରେ ଆତ୍ମାରେ ସ୍ଥିତ ହୋଇ ସେ ପରମ, ଅତୁଲ ସୁଖ ଅନୁଭବ କରେ। ରୂପ, ଚକ୍ଷୁ ଓ ପାଚନ—ଏ ତିନି ତେଜ (ଅଗ୍ନି) ତତ୍ତ୍ୱର ପ୍ରକାଶ; ରସ, ରସନା ଓ ସ୍ନେହ—ଏ ତିନି ଜଳତତ୍ତ୍ୱର ଗୁଣ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purity and serenity of mind (citta-prasāda) enables the seeker to transcend attachment to merit and demerit as binding dualities, remain established in the Self, and experience the highest happiness; sensory functions are understood as elemental operations (fire/light and water), reducing identification and craving.
In Vyāsa’s instruction within Śānti Parva’s liberation-oriented discourse, the focus shifts from external action to inner discipline: the ascetic refines the mind, relinquishes evaluative clinging to ‘good/bad’ outcomes, and contemplates how perception and bodily processes arise from elemental principles.