Shloka 30
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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अथवा संनिपातो<यं शरीरं पाञज्चभौतिकम् । एकश्न दश चाष्टौ च गुणा: सह शरीरिणा,अथवा इन सबका समुदाय ही पाञज्चभौतिक शरीर है। एक महत्तत््व और जीवसहित पूर्वोक्त अठारह गुण--ये सभी इस समुदायके अन्तर्गत हैं
athavā sannipāto 'yaṃ śarīraṃ pāñcabhautikam | ekaś ca daśa cāṣṭau ca guṇāḥ saha śarīriṇā ||
અસિતે કહ્યું—અથવા આ શરીર પંચમહાભૂતોનો સંનિપાત, એટલે કે સમૂહ છે. આ સમૂહમાં એક (મહત્ તત્ત્વ), દસ (ઇન્દ્રિયો) અને આઠ (સૂક્ષ્મ તત્ત્વો)—દેહી સાથે—ગુણરૂપે અંતર્ભૂત ગણાય છે.
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
The body is an aggregate of elemental and psychological constituents; recognizing it as a composite (rather than the true self) supports detachment, discrimination, and ethical steadiness.
Asita is explaining a Sāṅkhya-style analysis of the person: the five-element body is a ‘sannipāta’ (assemblage) that includes Mahat, the ten faculties, the eight constituents, and the embodied self as the experiencer.