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Shloka 43

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

अव्याहतैश्लेतयते न वेत्ति विषमस्थितै: । आप्याय्यन्ते च ते नित्यं धातवस्तैस्तु धातुभि:,जब वायुसम्बन्धी गुण बाधित न होकर शब्दके साथ रहता है, तब मनुष्य शब्दको सुनता और समझता है; किंतु जब वायुसम्बन्धी गुण दीवार अथवा प्रतिकूल वायुसे बाधित होकर विषम अवस्थामें स्थित हो जाते हैं, तब शब्दका ग्रहण नहीं होता है। वे शब्द आदिके उत्पादक धातु (इन्द्रियगोलक) धातुओं (इन पाँचों भूतों) द्वारा ही पोषित होते हैं

avyāhataiḥ śrūyate na vetti viṣamasthitaiḥ | āpyāyyante ca te nityaṃ dhātavas tais tu dhātubhiḥ ||

Dijo Bharadvāja: «Cuando la función (auditiva) vinculada al viento no está obstruida y permanece debidamente asociada con el sonido, la persona oye y comprende el sonido. Pero cuando esa función relacionada con el viento es impedida—por un muro o por una corriente de aire adversa—y cae así en un estado irregular, el sonido no se aprehende. Además, los constituyentes corporales que sirven de productores y soportes del sonido y de los sentidos son nutridos continuamente por esos mismos constituyentes elementales (los bhūtas).»

अव्याहतैःby unobstructed (ones/means)
अव्याहतैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्याहत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
चेतयतेperceives / becomes aware
चेतयते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootचेत् (चेतयति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वेत्तिknows / understands
वेत्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
विषमस्थितैःby those in an uneven/abnormal state
विषमस्थितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootविषम-स्थित
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
आप्याय्यन्तेare nourished / are replenished
आप्याय्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootआप्यै (आप्याययति/आप्यायते)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Passive (Karmani)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
धातवःconstituents / elements
धातवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधातु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तैःby those
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
तुbut
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
धातुभिःby (other) constituents/elements
धातुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधातु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvāja
V
vāyu (air/wind principle)
Ś
śabda (sound)

Educational Q&A

Sense-perception depends on proper, unobstructed functioning of the elemental factors involved (here, the vāyu-related function enabling hearing). When conditions disturb that function, cognition fails; embodied experience is contingent and conditioned by the bhūtas and dhātus.

In a didactic exchange in Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja explains the mechanics of hearing: sound is grasped when the wind-related sensory function is unobstructed, but not when blocked by barriers or contrary air; he adds that bodily/sensory constituents are sustained by the elemental constituents.