Shloka 25
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
प्रवर्तमानं तु रजस्तद्धावेनानुवर्तते | प्रहर्ष: प्रीतिरानन्द: सुखं संशान्तचित्तता
pravartamānaṃ tu rajastaddhāvenānuvartate | praharṣaḥ prītirānandaḥ sukhaṃ saṃśāntacittatā
毗湿摩说：当罗阇斯（rajas，激情与躁动之性）发动之时，心便随其势而行。由此生起亢奋、满足、喜悦、乐受，以及一种似是而非的心安——这些状态看似善美，却仍受同一不宁之冲动所制约。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma explains that when rajas dominates, the mind naturally moves in rajas-like ways and produces pleasant emotions—exhilaration, satisfaction, delight, pleasure, even a kind of calm. The ethical point is to recognize these as guṇa-conditioned states, not automatically signs of true inner freedom or stable virtue.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhīṣma is teaching about the workings of the guṇas. Here he describes the experiential results that accompany the rise of rajas and how the mind tends to follow that active, passionate current.