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Shloka 7

Skanda-janma: Śivā/Svāhā, Agni, and the Manifestation of Guha

Mahābhārata 3.214

बस्तिमूलं गुदं चैव पावकं समुपाश्रित: । वहन्‌ मूत्र पूरीषं वाउप्यपान: परिवर्तते,समानवायुके रूपमें जठराग्निका आश्रय ले वह प्राण जब मूत्राशय और गुदामें स्थित होता है, उस समय मल और मूत्रका भार वहन करनेके कारण वह अपानवायुके नामसे विख्यात हो संचरण करता है

bastimūlaṃ gudaṃ caiva pāvakaṃ samupāśritaḥ | vahan mūtra-purīṣaṃ vā apy apānaḥ parivartate ||

قال الصيّاد: «حين يتخذ النسيمُ الحيويّ مقامَه عند أصل المثانة وعند الشرج، مستندًا إلى نار الجسد، يحمل ثِقَل البول والغائط؛ وفي هذه الوظيفة يدور ويُعرَف باسم أپانا (apāna)، أي النَّفَس الهابط إلى أسفل.»

बस्ति-मूलम्the base/root of the bladder
बस्ति-मूलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबस्ति-मूल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गुदम्the anus/rectum
गुदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पावकम्fire (digestive fire)
पावकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपावक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
समुपाश्रितःhaving resorted to/depending on
समुपाश्रितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्+उप+आ+श्रि (समुपाश्रित)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वहन्carrying/bearing
वहन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (वहन्त्)
FormPresent active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मूत्रम्urine
मूत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुरीषम्feces/stool
पुरीषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुरीष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वाor/indeed (emphatic/alternative)
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपानःApāna (downward vital air)
अपानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअपान
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परिवर्ततेmoves about/functions/operates
परिवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि+वृत्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

व्याध उवाच

V
vyādha (the hunter, speaker)
A
apāna-vāyu
P
pāvaka (digestive fire)
B
basti (bladder)
G
guda (anus)

Educational Q&A

It explains the functional differentiation of the vital winds: when the life-breath operates in the lower region, bearing and expelling urine and feces while supporting digestive fire, it is termed apāna. Knowing the body’s ordered functions supports self-control and dharmic living.

In the hunter’s instruction (Vyādha’s discourse), he teaches about inner discipline through knowledge—here, describing how prāṇa functions as apāna in the bladder/anus region and governs elimination, as part of a broader ethical-spiritual teaching.