Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma
Nāḍījaṅgha
आत्मनीष्टे तथानिष्टे रिपौ च समता तथा । इच्छाद्वेषक्षयं प्राप्प कामक्रोधक्षयं तथा
ātmanīṣṭe tathāniṣṭe ripau ca samatā tathā | icchādveṣakṣayaṁ prāpya kāmakrodhakṣayaṁ tathā ||
毗湿摩说道:“当以同一份平等心对待自己所喜与所憎,也当以同样的心对待仇敌。使欲求与厌憎枯竭,则贪爱与嗔怒亦随之枯竭——由此建立支撑法(dharma)的内在戒律。”
भीष्म उवाच
Cultivate equanimity toward pleasure and pain and even toward enemies; by weakening desire and aversion, one naturally weakens lust and anger, which are major obstacles to righteous conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on the foundations of peace and dharma after the war; here he emphasizes inner conquest—neutrality toward opposites and the reduction of passions—as a practical ethical discipline.