Shloka 27
Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)
तस्मात् तदभिघाताय कर्म कुर्यादकल्मषम् | रजस्तमश्न हित्वेह यथेष्टां गतिमाप्रुयात्
tasmāt tad-abhighātāya karma kuryād akalmaṣam | rajas-tamaś ca hitveha yatheṣṭāṁ gatim āpnuyāt ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Kaya nga, upang hampasin at mapagtagumpayan ang suwail na isip na iyon, dapat magsagawa ang tao ng gawaing dalisay—walang dungis at walang pansariling pagnanasa. Sa paggawa nito sa mundong ito, at sa pagtalikod sa rajas at tamas, natatamo niya ang landas ng pag-unlad na tunay niyang ninanais.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To master the mind, one should engage in blameless, desireless action (akalmaṣa karma). Such disciplined action weakens passion (rajas) and inertia/delusion (tamas), enabling the seeker to attain the intended spiritual course or goal (gati).
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he explains a practical method for subduing the mind: perform pure, untainted action so that the lower guṇas are relinquished and higher progress becomes possible.