Shanti Parva 300.39
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 300 · Verse 39
Sanskrit Original
कामं जित्वा तथा क्रोधं शीतोष्णे वर्षमेव च। भयं शोकं तथा श्वासं पौरुषान् विषयांस्तथा॥ अरतिं दुर्जयां चैव घोरां तृष्णां च पार्थिवा स्पर्श निद्रां तथा तन्द्री दुर्जयां नृपसत्तम॥ दीपयन्ति महात्मानः सूक्ष्ममात्मानमात्मना। वीतरागा महाप्राज्ञा ध्यानाध्ययनसम्पदा॥
By subjugating lust, and anger, and heat, and cold and rain, and fear, and anger, and heat, and cold and rain, and fear, and grief, and the breath, and all sounds that are agreeable to inen, and objects of the senses, and the uneasiness, so difficult to conquer, that is uneasiness, so difficult to conquer, that is created by abstention from sexual connection, and thirst which is so terrible, O king, and the pleasures of touch and sleep, and procrastination that is almost unconquerable, O be. of kings, great Yogins, shorn of attachments and endued with great wisdom, helped by their understanding, and equipt with wealth of contemplation and study, cause the subtile soul to stand in all its glory.