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Shloka 10

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

भूगुरुवाच घनानामपि वृक्षाणामाकाशो<5स्ति न संशय: । तेषां पुष्पफलव्यक्तिर्नित्यं समुपपद्यते,भगुजीने कहा--मुने! यद्यपि वृक्ष ठोस जान पड़ते हैं तो भी उनमें आकाश हैं, इसमें संशय नहीं है। इसीसे उनमें नित्यप्रति फल-फूल आदिकी उत्पत्ति सम्भव हो सकती है

Bhṛgur uvāca: ghanānām api vṛkṣāṇām ākāśo 'sti na saṁśayaḥ | teṣāṁ puṣpaphalavyaktir nityaṁ samupapadyate ||

Bhṛgu sprach: „O Muni! Auch wenn Bäume dicht und fest erscheinen, ist doch Raum in ihnen, daran besteht kein Zweifel. Durch diesen inneren Raum wird das fortwährende Hervortreten ihrer Blüten und Früchte verständlich.“

भृगुःBhṛgu (the sage)
भृगुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभृगु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
घनानाम्of dense/solid (things)
घनानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootघन
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वृक्षाणाम्of trees
वृक्षाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
आकाशःspace/ether
आकाशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
पुष्पफलव्यक्तिःmanifestation of flowers and fruits
पुष्पफलव्यक्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्पफलव्यक्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always/constantly
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
समुपपद्यतेis possible/comes about
समुपपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Middle

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bhṛgu
T
trees (vṛkṣa)
Ā
ākāśa (space/ether)

Educational Q&A

Bhṛgu uses a natural analogy to argue that what seems solid still contains space; acknowledging subtle inner ‘space’ helps explain ongoing transformation and growth (like the continual arising of flowers and fruits).

In a didactic exchange among sages in the Śānti Parva, Bhṛgu responds with an illustrative example from nature, grounding a philosophical point through observable features of trees.