Shloka 5
भूमिगुण-प्रश्नः
Inquiry into the qualities of Earth and the classification of beings
शब्द: स्पर्शक्ष रूपं च रसो गन्धक्ष॒ पठचम: । भूमेरेते गुणा: प्रोक्ता ऋषिभिस्तत्त्ववेदिभि:
śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaś ca pañcamaḥ | bhūmer ete guṇāḥ proktā ṛṣibhis tattvavedibhiḥ ||
সঞ্জয় বললেন— শব্দ, স্পর্শ, রূপ, রস এবং পঞ্চম গন্ধ—তত্ত্বজ্ঞ ঋষিরা এগুলিকেই পৃথিবীর গুণ বলে ঘোষণা করেছেন।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Earth (bhūmi) is characterized by five sensory qualities—sound, touch, form, taste, and smell—taught by sages who understand reality, presenting the material world as structured and knowable.
In Sañjaya’s descriptive discourse (within the Bhīṣma Parva’s cosmographical section), he reports a traditional classification of the elements, stating what qualities belong to the earth as part of a broader description of the world.