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Shloka 10

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

शब्दश्रोत्रे तथा खानि त्रयमाकाशयोनिजम्‌ । रस: स्नेहश्न जिह्ना च अपामेते गुणा: स्मृता:,शब्द, श्रोत्रेन्द्रिय और सम्पूर्ण छिद्र--ये तीन आकाशके कार्य हैं। रस, स्नेह तथा जिह्ना --ये तीनों जलके गुण या कार्य माने गये हैं

śabdaśrotre tathā khāni trayam ākāśayonijam | rasaḥ snehaś ca jihvā ca apām ete guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

Bhīṣma erläutert die elementare Beschaffenheit von Leib und Welt: „Klang (śabda), das Hörorgan (śrotra) und die Körperöffnungen — diese drei gelten als aus ākāśa (Äther/Raum) hervorgegangen. Ebenso werden Geschmack (rasa), Feuchtigkeit bzw. Fließfähigkeit (sneha) und die Zunge (jihvā) als die kennzeichnenden Qualitäten und Funktionen von ap (Wasser) erinnert.“

शब्दsound
शब्द:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रोत्रेin the ear; in the auditory organ
श्रोत्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
खानिopenings; apertures (orifices)
खानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Root
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
त्रयम्a triad; three (as a set)
त्रयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
आकाशof ether/space
आकाश:
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
योनिजम्born from; originating in
योनिजम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootयोनिज
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रसःtaste; sap/essence
रसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्नेहःunctuousness; oiliness; viscosity
स्नेहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जिह्वाtongue
जिह्वा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपाम्of waters; of water
अपाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गुणाःqualities; properties
गुणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्मृताःare considered/remembered (as)
स्मृताः:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (PPP functioning predicatively)

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Ā
ākāśa (ether/space element)
A
ap (water element)
Ś
śrotra (ear)
J
jihvā (tongue)

Educational Q&A

That sensory qualities and organs correspond to specific elements: ākāśa is characterized by sound and gives rise to hearing and bodily apertures, while water is characterized by taste and moisture and is linked with the tongue. This frames embodiment as an ordered system useful for self-knowledge and detachment.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and allied philosophical topics. Here he is presenting an elemental analysis (bhūta-guṇa/indriya mapping) as part of a broader teaching on understanding the body, perception, and the constituents of experience.