Shloka 46
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
अष्टौ च षष्टिं च शतानि चैव मनोनिरुद्धानि महाद्युतीनाम् । शुक्लस्य वर्णस्य परा गतिर्या त्रीण्येव रुद्धानि महानुभाव
aṣṭau ca ṣaṣṭiṃ ca śatāni caiva manoniruddhāni mahādyutīnām | śuklasya varṇasya parā gatir yā trīṇy eva ruddhāni mahānubhāva ||
毗湿摩说：八种原理、六十种原理，乃至由此生起的数百种心之变相，皆为大光明的瑜伽行者以其心所摄伏；他们亦能摄伏三德——萨埵、罗阇、怛摩。是故，那“白”（清净、光明）之成就者之类所证得的无上归趣，正与这些善能制御者所到达的最高境界无二无别。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is presented as the result of profound inner restraint: the yogin stills the proliferating categories of experience (tattvas and their many operations) and even transcends the three guṇas. When the guṇas are checked, one reaches the highest ‘pure’ state—an ethical ideal of mastery over desire, agitation, and inertia.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhishma explains to his listener that accomplished yogins control the mind so completely that the entire field of principles and mental modifications becomes subdued; by restraining even sattva, rajas, and tamas, they attain the same supreme destination attributed to the ‘white/pure’ perfected order.