Shloka 9
कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः
The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors
आहत्य सर्वसंकल्पान् सत्त्वे चित्त निवेशयेत् सत्त्वे चित्तं समावेश्य तत: कालंजरो भवेत्
āhatya sarvasaṅkalpān sattve cittaṁ niveśayet | sattve cittaṁ samāveśya tataḥ kālaṁjaro bhavet, śabdaḥ śrotraṁ tathā khāni trayaṁ ākāśasambhavam | prāṇaśreṣṭhā tathā sparśa ete vāyuguṇās trayaḥ
毗耶娑说：击碎并降伏一切意向与心之造作，当令其心安住于萨埵（清明与纯净）。心若坚固融入萨埵，便能超越时光与衰朽的侵蚀之力。声、耳根以及身之诸窍——此三者生于虚空（ākāśa）。命息、动势/冲力与触——此三者为风（vāyu）之德（其作用）。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Restrain and dissolve all saṅkalpas (mental intentions/constructs) and fix the mind in sattva; such absorption leads toward freedom from time’s corrosive power, while also understanding the elemental origins of sense-qualities (sound from ākāśa; touch and vital motion from vāyu).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa continues a doctrinal exposition: he links inner discipline (mind established in sattva) with Sāṅkhya-style cosmology describing how sensory functions and bodily features arise from the subtle elements.