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Shloka 266

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

लिज्रानि रजसस्तानि दृश्यन्ते हेत्वहेतुभि: । जब शरीर या मनमें किसी कारणसे या अकारण ही दाह, शोक, संताप, अपूर्णता (लोभ-लिप्सा) और असहनशीलताके भाव दिखायी देते हों तो उन्हें रजोगुणके चिह्न समझना चाहिये

liṅgāni rajasas tāni dṛśyante hetv-ahetubhiḥ |

นี่คือเครื่องหมายแห่งคุณรชัส: เมื่อในกายหรือในใจปรากฏความเร่าร้อนกระวนกระวาย ความโศก ความระทมทุกข์ ความรู้สึกพร่องที่แปรเป็นความอยากและความโลภ ตลอดจนความไม่อดทน—เกิดขึ้นเพราะเหตุใดเหตุหนึ่งหรือแม้ไร้เหตุอันประจักษ์—พึงรู้ว่าเป็นสัญญาณของรชัส

लिङ्गानिsigns, marks
लिङ्गानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
रजसःof rajas (the rajas-guṇa)
रजसः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
तानिthose
तानि:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
दृश्यन्तेare seen, appear
दृश्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada, Passive/Ātmanepada usage
हेतुby causes
हेतु:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहेतु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural, in compound with following word
अहेतुभिःby non-causes / without cause
अहेतुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअहेतु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
R
rajas (guṇa)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma defines how to recognize rajas in lived experience: agitation and heat in body/mind, sorrow and distress, craving born of a sense of insufficiency, and intolerance. Even when these arise without a clear external trigger, they still indicate the dominance of rajas and thus call for restraint and inner regulation.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma continues his analysis of the three guṇas. Here he identifies observable psychological and somatic indicators by which one can diagnose rajas operating within oneself.