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Shloka 7

Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)

चक्षु:श्रोत्रे च मनसा मनोवाचं च कर्मणा । अप्रमादाद्‌ भयं जह्माद्‌ दम्भं प्राज्ञोपसेवनात्‌

cakṣuḥśrotre ca manasā manovācaṃ ca karmaṇā | apramādād bhayaṃ jahyād dambhaṃ prājñopasevanāt | sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati |

Vyāsa nói: “Phải canh giữ các căn và nội tâm theo một chuỗi kỷ luật: dùng tâm để giữ mắt và tai, và dùng hành động đúng đắn để chế ngự tâm và lời nói. Nhờ tỉnh thức không lơ là mà gạt bỏ sợ hãi; nhờ gần gũi bậc hiền trí mà từ bỏ giả dối và phô trương. Người kiên định, nhờ nuôi dưỡng sattva (tính trong sáng và quân bình), trở nên xứng đáng để cắt đứt sức nặng của cơn buồn ngủ.”

चक्षुषाby/with the eye (sight)
चक्षुषा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
श्रोत्रेthe two ears
श्रोत्रे:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मनसाby/with the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
मनःthe mind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वाचम्speech
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कर्मणाby/through action (deed)
कर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अप्रमादात्from vigilance / from non-negligence
अप्रमादात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअप्रमाद
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
जह्यात्should abandon
जह्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
दम्भम्hypocrisy / ostentation
दम्भम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदम्भ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्राज्ञof the wise
प्राज्ञ:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
उपसेवनात्from association/service (of)
उपसेवनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootउपसेवन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
सत्त्वof sattva (purity)
सत्त्व:
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
संसेवनात्from constant practice/association
संसेवनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंसेवन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
धीरःthe steadfast (man)
धीरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निद्राम्sleep
निद्राम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिद्रा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
उच्छेत्तुम्to cut off / to eradicate
उच्छेत्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-छिद्
FormTumun (infinitive)
अर्हतिis able / deserves
अर्हति:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

व्यास उवाच

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Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

Cultivate vigilant self-restraint: purify perception and expression by governing the senses through the mind and governing mind and speech through disciplined action; abandon fear through carefulness, abandon hypocrisy through the company of the wise, and reduce lethargy/sleep by cultivating sattva.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Vyāsa delivers a compact set of practical guidelines for ethical self-mastery—linking vigilance, good association, and sattvic cultivation to the purification of senses, mind, speech, and conduct.