Shloka 9
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
यदा प्रार्थयते किंचित् तदा भवति सा मनः । अधिष्ठानानि वै बुद्धयां पृथगेतानि संस्मरेत् । इन्द्रियाण्येव मेध्यानि विजेतव्यानि कृत्स्नश:
yadā prārthayate kiñcit tadā bhavati sā manaḥ | adhiṣṭhānāni vai buddhyāṃ pṛthag etāni saṃsmaret | indriyāṇy eva medhyāni vijetavyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ |
Wika ni Vyāsa: Kapag ang tao’y naghahangad ng anuman, ang mismong talino (buddhi) ay nagiging isip (manas), at nagiging luklukan ng pagnanasa. Dapat alalahanin na ang iba’t ibang batayang tila magkakahiwalay ng karanasan ay dapat maunawaang nakapaloob sa talino mismo. Kaya ang mga pandama—tinatawag na ‘medhyāni’ sapagkat nagsisilbi at sumusuporta sa malinaw na pag-unawa—ay dapat ganap na mapagtagumpayan ng yogin.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire transforms the steady discriminative faculty (buddhi) into the restless mind (manas). Hence one should recognize the sense-based ‘supports’ of experience as operating within buddhi and practice complete mastery over the senses, since unchecked senses fuel desire and mental agitation.
In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa explains an inner psychology: how craving arises, how it reshapes cognition into desire-driven mentation, and why a yogin must subdue the senses to stabilize discernment and live ethically.