Mahabharata 3.2.67 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 67
ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः
Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction
षडिन्द्रियाणि विषयं समागच्छन्ति वै यदा । तदा प्रादुर्भवत्येषां पूर्वसंकल्पजं मन:
ṣaḍindriyāṇi viṣayaṃ samāgacchanti vai yadā | tadā prādurbhavaty eṣāṃ pūrvasaṅkalpajaṃ manaḥ ||
षडिन्द्रियाणि विषयं समागच्छन्ति वै यदा । तदा प्रादुर्भवत्येषां पूर्वसंकल्पजं मनः ॥
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-contact triggers the mind’s previously formed intentions and latent desires; therefore, ethical steadiness requires guarding the senses and recognizing how past resolve and impressions reassert themselves.
Śaunaka states a general principle about inner life: when the senses turn outward to their objects, the mind—conditioned by earlier mental formations—manifests and becomes agitated, setting the stage for further discussion on restraint and conduct.
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