Shloka 19
Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)
जड़मानां च सर्वेषां शरीरे पजडच धातव: । प्रत्येकश: प्रभिद्यन्ते यैः शरीरं विचेष्टते
jaḍamānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ | pratyekaśaḥ prabhidyante yaiḥ śarīraṃ viceṣṭate ||
Dijo Bharadvāja: «En los cuerpos de todos los seres—sean inertes o vivientes—están presentes los cinco grandes elementos (pañca-mahābhūta). Pero su modo de manifestarse difiere en cada caso. Por la acción conjunta de esos cinco, el cuerpo se vuelve capaz de actividad y movimiento».
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
All bodies are constituted by the same five elemental factors, but their proportions and expressions vary; bodily activity arises from the coordinated functioning of these elements, highlighting the material basis of physical motion distinct from the deeper question of consciousness.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja explains a philosophical account of embodiment: even inert and living forms share elemental constituents, yet living bodies display a distinctive organization that enables movement and action.