Shloka 10
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
स्पर्शरूपरसाद्येषु सड़ं गच्छन्ति बालिशा: । नावगच्छन्त्यविज्ञानादात्मानं पार्थिवं गुणम्
sparśarūparasādyeṣu ṣaḍaṁ gacchanti bāliśāḥ | nāvagacchanty avijñānād ātmānaṁ pārthivaṁ guṇam ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: Ang mga hangal ay humahabol sa anim na larangan ng mga bagay ng pandama—haplos, anyo, lasa, at iba pa. Dahil salat sa kaalamang mapaghiwalay, hindi nila nakikilala ang sarili bilang nakapailalim sa katangiang materyal (makalupa), at napagkakamalan nilang tunay na kalikasan ang simpleng pagbabago lamang ng mga elemento.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sense-objects arises from ignorance; without discernment one identifies the self with the material body (an elemental, ‘earthly’ modification). The ethical thrust is toward sense-restraint and right knowledge as prerequisites for liberation-oriented living.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by diagnosing the root of bondage: the undiscerning chase sensory pleasures and fail to understand the body’s elemental nature and the need for discriminative insight.