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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 ||

Bhīṣma nói: Vì thế, để đánh thẳng vào (và chế ngự) tâm bất trị ấy, người ta nên hành động thanh tịnh—không lỗi lầm, không tư dục. Làm được như vậy ngay trong đời này, từ bỏ rajas và tamas, người ấy đạt con đường tiến hóa mà mình thật sự mong cầu.

तस्मात्therefore; from that (reason)
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
तत्that (state/goal)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अभिघातायfor attainment/striking (i.e., reaching it)
अभिघाताय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअभिघात
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
कर्मaction; deed
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अकल्मषम्stainless; free from sin
अकल्मषम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअकल्मष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
रजःrajas (passion)
रजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तमःtamas (darkness/ignorance)
तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हित्वाhaving abandoned
हित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
इहhere (in this world/state)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
यथाas; according to
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
इष्टाम्desired
इष्टाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गतिम्course; state; destination
गतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
आप्नुयात्may obtain; should attain
आप्नुयात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआप्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhishma

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.