Shloka 6
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । यमस्य यत् पुरावृत्तं कालस्य ब्राह्णस्य च
bhīṣma uvāca | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṁ purātanam | yamasya yat purāvṛttaṁ kālasya brāhmaṇasya ca || abhidyāpūrvakaṁ japyaṁ kurute yaś ca mohitaḥ | yatrābhidyāṁ sa kurute taṁ vai nirayam ṛcchati ||
毗湿摩说道：“在此事上，贤者们也援引一则古老的先例——一段久远的旧闻，讲述昔日阎摩、迦罗与一位婆罗门之间所发生之事。若有人为迷妄所蔽，先执著于所求之果而行持持咒（japa）——他贪恋并观想何物，便必堕入与那贪恋相应之地狱。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual practice (japa) is ethically determined by intention: when recitation is driven by craving for specific fruits, that very craving binds the practitioner and leads to a correspondingly painful consequence; purity of motive is essential.
Bhishma introduces an ancient illustrative episode involving Yama, personified Time (Kāla), and a Brahmin, using it to warn that deluded, result-obsessed japa becomes a cause of downfall rather than liberation.