Shloka 46
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
अष्टौ च षष्टिं च शतानि चैव मनोनिरुद्धानि महाद्युतीनाम् । शुक्लस्य वर्णस्य परा गतिर्या त्रीण्येव रुद्धानि महानुभाव
aṣṭau ca ṣaṣṭiṃ ca śatāni caiva manoniruddhāni mahādyutīnām | śuklasya varṇasya parā gatir yā trīṇy eva ruddhāni mahānubhāva ||
Bhīṣma disse: Os oito princípios, os sessenta, e até as centenas de suas modificações mentais são refreados pela mente dos iogues de grande fulgor. Eles também refreiam as três guṇas—sattva, rajas e tamas. Portanto, o fim supremo alcançado pela ordem “branca” (pura e luminosa) dos seres perfeitos é o mesmo estado mais elevado atingido por esses iogues que dominaram tal contenção.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is presented as the result of profound inner restraint: the yogin stills the proliferating categories of experience (tattvas and their many operations) and even transcends the three guṇas. When the guṇas are checked, one reaches the highest ‘pure’ state—an ethical ideal of mastery over desire, agitation, and inertia.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhishma explains to his listener that accomplished yogins control the mind so completely that the entire field of principles and mental modifications becomes subdued; by restraining even sattva, rajas, and tamas, they attain the same supreme destination attributed to the ‘white/pure’ perfected order.