Shloka 49
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
श्रोत्रादीनि तु सर्वाणि पञ्चकर्मेन्द्रियाण्यथ । वागादीनि प्रवर्तन्ते गुणेष्विह गुणी: सह
śrotrādīni tu sarvāṇi pañcakarmendriyāṇy atha | vāgādīni pravartante guṇeṣv iha guṇī saha ||
বসিষ্ঠ ক’লে—এই লোকত শ্ৰোত্ৰাদি পাঁচ জ্ঞানেন্দ্ৰিয় আৰু বাক্আদি পাঁচ কৰ্মেন্দ্ৰিয় নিজৰ নিজৰ গুণৰ বিষয়তেই প্ৰবৃত্ত হয়। গুণময় দেহত গুণসহ দেহী জীৱে কাৰ্য কৰে।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the senses and organs of action do not act independently; they function only in connection with their corresponding guṇas/qualities. Ethical discipline and liberation-oriented insight begin by recognizing this guṇa-driven mechanism and reducing identification with it.
In Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Vasiṣṭha explains the constitution and operation of embodied life: the sensory and active faculties arise and work within the field of guṇas, showing how the individual’s experience and conduct are conditioned by nature’s qualities.