Shloka 16
Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)
अविस्रम्भे न गन्तव्यं विस्रम्भे धारयेन्मन: । मन: प्राणे निगृह्नलीयात् प्राणं ब्रह्मणि धारयेत्,जो विश्वासके योग्य नहीं है, उस मार्गपर न चले और जो विश्वास करनेयोग्य है, उसमें मन लगावे। मनको प्राणमें और प्राणको ब्रह्ममें स्थापित करे
aviśrambhe na gantavyaṃ viśrambhe dhārayen manaḥ | manaḥ prāṇe nigṛhṇīyāt prāṇaṃ brahmaṇi dhārayet |
अविस्रम्भे न गन्तव्यं विस्रम्भे धारयेन्मनः । मनः प्राणे निगृह्णीयात् प्राणं ब्रह्मणि धारयेत् ॥
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Exercise discernment about whom and what to trust in worldly conduct, and then turn inward: steady the mind, restrain it by anchoring it in the breath, and finally establish the breath (life-force) in Brahman—moving from ethical prudence to meditative absorption.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Bharadvāja delivers a concise counsel that links practical dharma (not acting where trust is absent) with yogic discipline (mind into breath, breath into Brahman), presenting a graded method of inner stabilization.