Shloka 9
कर्मविद्या-भेदः
Karma–Vidyā Distinction: Paths of Bondage and Release
ज्योतिषो5पि गुणं रूप॑ वायुराददते यदा । प्रशाम्पति ततो ज्योतिर्वायुर्दोधूयते महान्,फिर तेजके गुण रूपको वायुतत्त्व ग्रहण कर लेता है। इससे आग शान्त हो जाती है और वायुमें मिल जाती है। तब वायु अपने महान् वेगसे सम्पूर्ण आकाशको क्षुब्ध कर डालती है
jyotiṣo ’pi guṇaṃ rūpaṃ vāyur ādadate yadā | praśāmyati tato jyotir vāyur dōdhūyate mahān ||
Vyāsa said: “When the principle of Wind takes up even the qualities and form of Light (fire), then that light is quenched and merges into Wind. Thereupon Wind, with its mighty force, churns and agitates the whole expanse of space.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse illustrates the hierarchical dissolution of the elements: fire/light loses its distinctness when its qualities are taken up by wind, and wind then powerfully agitates space. Ethically, it supports vairāgya—recognizing that all compounded powers are transient and ultimately absorbed into more pervasive principles.
In Vyāsa’s exposition (within Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction), he describes a process where the fiery principle becomes extinguished and merges into wind; then wind, intensified, stirs the whole of space—part of a broader account of elemental transformation/dissolution.