Shloka 86
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
त्रयो हि धातव: ख्याता: कर्मजा इति ते स्मृता: । पित्तं श्लेष्मा च वायुश्चव एब संघात उच्यते
trayo hi dhātavaḥ khyātāḥ karmajā iti te smṛtāḥ | pittaṁ śleṣmā ca vāyuś caiva saṅghāta ucyate |
দেহে তিন ধাতু প্রসিদ্ধ—বায়ু (বাত), পিত্ত ও শ্লেষ্মা (কফ); এবং এগুলি কর্মজাত বলে স্মৃত। এদের সম্মিলিত সমষ্টিকে ‘ত্রিধাতু’ বলা হয়।
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Educational Q&A
Embodied life depends on the balance of three bodily principles—vāta, pitta, and kapha—understood here as karmically conditioned; health and decline are connected to the state of these constituents, integrating physiological insight with moral causality (karma).
Within the Shanti Parva’s instructional discourse, the text shifts into an Ayurvedic-style explanation of the body, defining the three constituents (tridhātu) and stating their karmic origin and their role in sustaining life.