Shloka 14
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
शिरास्नाय्वस्थिसंघातं बीभत्सामेध्यसंकुलम् | भूतानामिन्द्रियाणां च गुणानां च समागमम्,यह शरीर नस, नाड़ी और हडिडियोंका समूह है। घृणित और अपवित्र मल-मूत्र आदिसे भरा हुआ है। पंचमहाभूतों, श्रोत्र आदि इन्द्रियों तथा गुणों (वासनामय विषयों) का समुदाय है
śirāsnāyv-asthi-saṅghātaṃ bībhatsāmēdhya-saṅkulam | bhūtānām indriyāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca samāgamam ||
Parāśara sprach: „Dieser Körper ist nur eine Masse aus Adern, Sehnen und Knochen — abstoßend und voller Unreinheit. Er ist lediglich ein Zusammenkommen der Elemente, der Sinne und der Guṇa (der Neigungen, die das Erleben antreiben).“
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse urges disidentification from the body by viewing it realistically as a composite of physical parts and impurities, and as a temporary assemblage of elements, senses, and guṇas. This supports vairāgya (detachment) and ethical clarity by weakening pride, lust, and possessiveness rooted in body-identification.
Parāśara is instructing his listener in a contemplative, renunciatory analysis of the body. By describing the body’s constituents and impurity, he frames it as not-self and not worthy of attachment, aligning with Śānti Parva’s broader teachings on liberation-oriented dharma.