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जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
लिज्रानि रजसस्तानि दृश्यन्ते हेत्वहेतुभि: । जब शरीर या मनमें किसी कारणसे या अकारण ही दाह, शोक, संताप, अपूर्णता (लोभ-लिप्सा) और असहनशीलताके भाव दिखायी देते हों तो उन्हें रजोगुणके चिह्न समझना चाहिये
liṅgāni rajasas tāni dṛśyante hetv-ahetubhiḥ |
毗湿摩说道：这便是“罗阇斯”（rajas）之相——当在身或在心中，见到灼热的躁动、忧悲、煎迫、以贪求与攫取表现出来的匮乏之感，以及不堪忍受之心；无论它们因某种缘由而起，或甚至无明显缘由而生，都应当了知：这皆是罗阇斯的征兆。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma defines how to recognize rajas in lived experience: agitation and heat in body/mind, sorrow and distress, craving born of a sense of insufficiency, and intolerance. Even when these arise without a clear external trigger, they still indicate the dominance of rajas and thus call for restraint and inner regulation.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma continues his analysis of the three guṇas. Here he identifies observable psychological and somatic indicators by which one can diagnose rajas operating within oneself.