Mahabharata 3.201.98 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 98
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
न दुष्करमनाशि त्वं सुकरं हाशनं विना । विशुद्धि चक्षुरादीनां षण्णामिन्द्रियगामिनाम्
na duṣkaram anāśi tvaṁ sukaraṁ hāśanaṁ vinā | viśuddhiś cakṣur-ādīnāṁ ṣaṇṇām indriya-gāminām ||
ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า “สำหรับผู้ไม่บริโภคอาหาร ไม่มีสิ่งใดเป็นงานยากแท้; แม้สิ่งที่โดยปกติยาก ก็กลับง่ายเมื่อไร้อาหาร และด้วยความสำรวมเช่นนี้ อินทรีย์ทั้งหก—เริ่มด้วยตา—ย่อมบริสุทธิ์และอยู่ในอำนาจควบคุม”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fasting or restraint in eating is presented as a powerful discipline: it makes difficult practices easier and leads to purification and control of the six senses, which otherwise run outward toward their objects.
Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about the practical and ethical value of abstaining from food, linking bodily restraint to inner purification and mastery over the senses—an ascetic, dharmic counsel within the Vana Parva context.
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