Shloka 3
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
तद्धद् गोडश्वमनुष्येषु तद्धद्धस्तिमृगादिषु । तद्धत् कीटपतड्लेषु प्रसक्तात्मा स्वकर्मभि:
taddhad goḍaśvamanūṣyeṣu taddhaddhastimṛgādiṣu | taddhat kīṭapataṅgeṣu prasaktātmā svakarmabhiḥ ||
Sabi ni Bhīṣma: Ang iisang (prinsipyong nagbibigay-buhay) ay nasa mga baka, kabayo, at tao; nasa mga elepante, usa, at iba pang nilalang; at nasa mga uod at mga insekto rin. Ngunit ang bawat may-katawang nilalang, na ginagapos ng sarili niyang mga gawa, ay nananatiling nakakapit—ang isip ay lubog sa partikular na gawain at paraan ng pamumuhay na itinakda ng karma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes the sameness of the inner principle across all living beings, while explaining that differences in behavior and life-condition arise from attachment shaped by one’s own karma.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation-oriented insight, Bhīṣma continues a reflective teaching: he points to the shared essence in creatures from humans to insects, then notes how karmic tendencies keep each being absorbed in its particular actions.