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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,“महानुभाव वृत्रासुर! प्रकृति, महत्तत््व, अहंकार और पंचतन्मात्राएँ--ये आठ, तथा दूसरे साठ- तत्त्व और इनकी जो सैकड़ों वृत्तियाँ हैं--ये सब महातेजस्वी योगियोंके मनके द्वारा अवरुद्ध की हुई होती हैं तथा सत्त्व, रज और तम--इन तीनों गुणोंको भी वे अवरुद्ध कर देते हैं। अतः शुक्लवर्णवाले (सनकादिकोंके समान सिद्ध) पुरुषको जो उत्तम गति प्राप्त होती है, वही उन योगियोंको मिलती है

aṣṭau ca ṣaṣṭiṃ ca śatāni caiva manoniruddhāni mahādyutīnām | śuklasya varṇasya parā gatir yā trīṇy eva ruddhāni mahānubhāva ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า— โยคีผู้รุ่งเรืองด้วยเดชยิ่ง ย่อมข่มไว้ด้วยจิตคือแปดตัตตวะ หกสิบตัตตวะ ตลอดจนความแปรผันแห่งใจนับร้อย; และยังระงับคุณทั้งสาม—สัตตวะ รชัส ตมัส—ได้ด้วย. เพราะฉะนั้น คติอันสูงสุดที่หมู่สิทธะแห่งวรรณะ ‘ศุกละ’ (บริสุทธิ์ สว่างไสว) บรรลุ ย่อมเป็นสภาวะสูงสุดเดียวกันที่โยคีผู้ชำนาญการระงับเช่นนั้นเข้าถึง.

अष्टौeight (items)
अष्टौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
षष्टिम्sixty
षष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootषष्टि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शतानिhundreds
शतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मनःby the mind
मनः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
निरुद्धानिrestrained/checked
निरुद्धानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरुद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
महाद्युतीनाम्of the great-lustrous (ones)
महाद्युतीनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाद्युति
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
शुक्लस्यof the white/pure
शुक्लस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootशुक्ल
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
वर्णस्यof the color/complexion
वर्णस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पराsupreme
परा:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गतिःgoal/state
गतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
याwhich
या:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
रुद्धानिrestrained/blocked
रुद्धानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootरुद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
महानुभावO great-souled one
महानुभाव:
TypeNoun
Rootमहानुभाव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
yogins (mahādyuti)
T
the three guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas)
Ś
śukla-varṇa (the ‘white/pure’ order or state)

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.