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Shloka 15

Śukasya Janma-yoga-phalaṁ — Vyāsasya Tapasā Putrārthaḥ (Śānti-parva 310)

मन: षोडशकं प्राहुरध्यात्मगतिचिन्तका: । त्वं चैवान्ये च विद्वांसस्तत्त्वबुद्धिविशारदा:,(ये सब मिलकर पंद्रह हैं) इनके साथ सोलहवाँ मन है। अध्यात्मगतिका चिन्तन करनेवाले तत्त्वज्ञान-विशारद तुम और दूसरे विद्वान्‌ भी इन्हींको सोलह विकार कहते हैं

manaḥ ṣoḍaśakaṃ prāhur adhyātma-gati-cintakāḥ | tvaṃ caivānye ca vidvāṃsas tattva-buddhi-viśāradāḥ ||

Yājñavalkya dit : «Ceux qui contemplent le cheminement intérieur du Soi déclarent qu’il existe un ensemble de seize, où figure le mental (manas). Toi, et d’autres savants experts dans le discernement du réel, reconnaissez de même que ce sont là les seize modifications (vikāra) qui façonnent l’expérience incarnée.»

मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
षोडशकम्a set of sixteen
षोडशकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootषोडशक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राहुःthey have said / they declare
प्राहुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अह्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
अध्यात्मगति-चिन्तकाःthinkers on the course/way of the Self (spiritual path)
अध्यात्मगति-चिन्तकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यात्मगति-चिन्तक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विद्वांसःlearned people / sages
विद्वांसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविद्वस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तत्त्वबुद्धि-विशारदाःskilled in understanding reality/truth
तत्त्वबुद्धि-विशारदाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतत्त्वबुद्धि-विशारद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

याज्ञवल्क्य (Yājñavalkya)
मनस् (mind)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a recognized doctrinal enumeration: contemplatives of adhyātma describe a ‘sixteenfold’ set of inner modifications, with mind counted among them. The emphasis is on disciplined discernment (tattva-buddhi) that classifies the components shaping embodied experience, supporting self-knowledge and ethical steadiness.

Yājñavalkya is instructing an interlocutor (addressed as ‘you’) within the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, appealing to the consensus of learned experts: those who reflect on the inner life describe a sixteenfold scheme, and the wise agree on this classification.