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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । अङ्ग संजय मे शंस पन्थानमकुतोभयम् । येन गत्वा हृषीकेशं प्राप्नुयां शान्तिमुत्तमाम्॥५-६७-१६॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Dear Sañjaya, tell me the path that is free from fear, by which, having approached Hṛṣīkeśa, I may attain the highest peace.
english translation
संजय उवाच । नाकृतात्मा कृतात्मानं जातु विद्याज्जनार्दनम् । आत्मनस्तु क्रियोपायो नान्यत्रेन्द्रियनिग्रहात्॥५-६७-१७॥
Sañjaya said: One who has not disciplined the self can never truly comprehend Janārdana, the self-mastered. For the practical means of self-cultivation lies nowhere else than in the restraint of the senses.
english translation
इन्द्रियाणामुदीर्णानां कामत्यागोऽप्रमादतः । अप्रमादोऽविहिंसा च ज्ञानयोनिरसंशयम्॥५-६७-१८॥
When the senses surge, desire must be relinquished through vigilant attentiveness. Vigilance and non-injury are, without doubt, the source-ground of knowledge.
english translation
इन्द्रियाणां यमे यत्तो भव राजन्नतन्द्रितः । बुद्धिश्च मा ते च्यवतु नियच्छैतां यतस्ततः॥५-६७-१९॥
Be intent on restraining the senses, O King, and remain unremitting. Let your discernment not deviate; restrain it from wherever it strays.
english translation
एतज्ज्ञानं विदुर्विप्रा ध्रुवमिन्द्रियधारणम् । एतज्ज्ञानं च पन्थाश्च येन यान्ति मनीषिणः॥५-६७- २०॥
The learned know this as knowledge: the steady holding-in of the senses. This itself is knowledge, and this is the path by which the wise proceed.
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