Shloka 14
Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)
पाप्मानं निर्दहेदेवमन्तर्भूतरजोमयम् । ज्ञानयुक्तेन मनसा संततेन विचक्षण:,विवेकी पुरुषको इस प्रकार ज्ञानयुक्त एवं संयमशील मनके द्वारा अपने अन्तःकरणमें प्रकट हुए पापमय कामविकारको दग्ध कर देना चाहिये
pāpmānaṁ nirdahen manasāntarbhūta-rajo-mayam | jñāna-yuktena manasā santatena vicakṣaṇaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Ang taong may malinaw na pag-unawa at may pagpipigil-sa-sarili ay dapat sunugin at lipulin ang kasalanang nasa loob—na isinilang sa rajas at sumisibol sa isipan—sa pamamagitan ng isip na matatag na nakaugnay sa kaalaman. Ibig sabihin, kapag ang mga bugso ng pagnanasa na dulot ng silakbo ay lumitaw sa puso, dapat itong tupukin sa tuloy-tuloy, malinaw na kamalayan at disiplinadong pag-unawa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When passion (rajas) produces sinful impulses within, one should not indulge them but destroy them through a mind steadily grounded in knowledge—continuous awareness, discrimination, and disciplined self-restraint.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma advises the listener that ethical life depends on inner purification: the wise person uses sustained, knowledge-based mental focus to burn away rajas-born faults as they arise.