Shloka 17
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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पूर्व चेतयते जन्तुरिन्द्रियैर्विषयान् पृथक् विचार्य मनसा पश्चादथ बुद्धया व्यवस्यति । इन्द्रियेरुपलब्धार्थान् बुद्धिमांस्तु व्यवस्यति
pūrvaṃ cetayate jantur indriyaiḥ viṣayān pṛthak vicārya manasā paścād atha buddhyā vyavasyati | indriyaiḥ upalabdhārthān buddhimāṃs tu vyavasyati |
Dijo Asita: Primero, el ser encarnado toma conciencia de los objetos de los sentidos por separado, mediante los sentidos. Luego, tras reflexionarlos con la mente, los determina después con el intelecto. En verdad, sólo quien está dotado de intelecto aprehende y experimenta de modo decisivo y asentado los objetos que los sentidos han presentado.
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-contact alone does not yield settled knowledge; the senses present distinct objects, the mind reflects on them, and the intellect (buddhi) makes a decisive determination. Ethical clarity depends on strengthening buddhi so that experience is properly judged rather than merely felt.
Asita is explaining an inner sequence of cognition: perception through the senses, mental deliberation, and final ascertainment by the intellect. The verse functions as instruction on how a person should understand and govern experience.