Shloka 113
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
ये जो बीस और सात गुण बताये गये हैं
viṁśatir daśa caiva hi guṇāḥ saṅkhyānataḥ smṛtāḥ | samagrā yatra vartate taccharīram iti smṛtam ||
भीष्म ने कहा—“इस प्रकार गणना के अनुसार ये बीस और दस—कुल तीस गुण—स्मरण किए गए हैं। जहाँ ये सब गुण एक साथ पूर्ण रूप से विद्यमान हों, वही परम्परा से ‘शरीर’ कहा गया है।”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma defines the ‘body’ as an aggregate characterized by a complete set of enumerated qualities (guṇas). The emphasis is classificatory: what counts as ‘śarīra’ is that locus where the full set of these constituents is present together.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhīṣma continues a philosophical exposition using numerical enumeration. He concludes a list by stating that, taken together, they total thirty qualities, and he identifies their complete presence as the criterion for calling something a ‘body’.