Shloka 10
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
स्पर्शरूपरसाद्येषु सड़ं गच्छन्ति बालिशा: । नावगच्छन्त्यविज्ञानादात्मानं पार्थिवं गुणम्
sparśarūparasādyeṣu ṣaḍaṁ gacchanti bāliśāḥ | nāvagacchanty avijñānād ātmānaṁ pārthivaṁ guṇam ||
Disse Bhīṣma: Os tolos correm atrás do campo sêxtuplo dos objetos dos sentidos—toque, forma, sabor e os demais. Sem conhecimento discriminativo, não reconhecem o eu como condicionado pela qualidade terrena (material), confundindo com sua verdadeira natureza aquilo que é apenas uma transformação dos elementos.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sense-objects arises from ignorance; without discernment one identifies the self with the material body (an elemental, ‘earthly’ modification). The ethical thrust is toward sense-restraint and right knowledge as prerequisites for liberation-oriented living.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by diagnosing the root of bondage: the undiscerning chase sensory pleasures and fail to understand the body’s elemental nature and the need for discriminative insight.