Shloka 19

Devanagari script

जड़मानां च सर्वेषां शरीरे पजडच धातव: । प्रत्येकश: प्रभिद्यन्ते यैः शरीरं विचेष्टते,समस्त जंगमोंके शरीरोंमें भी पाँच भूत रहते हैं; परंतु वहाँ उनके स्वरूपमें भेद होता है। उन पाँच भूतोंके सहयोगसे ही शरीर चेष्टाशील होता है

Transliteration

jaḍamānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ | pratyekaśaḥ prabhidyante yaiḥ śarīraṃ viceṣṭate ||

Translation

Dalam tubuh semua makhluk yang bergerak pun hadir lima unsur (pañca-mahābhūta). Namun, cara kemunculannya berbeda-beda pada tiap makhluk. Melalui kerja gabungan kelimanya, tubuh menjadi mampu beraktivitas dan bergerak.

Word by Word

जङ्गमानाम्of moving beings

चand

सर्वेषाम्of all

शरीरेin the body

पञ्चfive

चalso/and

धातवःelements/constituents

प्रत्येकशःseparately, individually

प्रभिद्यन्तेare distinguished / differ

यैःby which

शरीरम्the body

विचेष्टतेmoves/acts, is active

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

pañca (five elements/bhūtas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All bodies are constituted by the same five elemental factors, but their proportions and expressions vary; bodily activity arises from the coordinated functioning of these elements, highlighting the material basis of physical motion distinct from the deeper question of consciousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja explains a philosophical account of embodiment: even inert and living forms share elemental constituents, yet living bodies display a distinctive organization that enables movement and action.