Shloka 9
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
जड़मानां हि सर्वेषां स्थावराणां तथैव च । आकाशं पवनो<न््वेति ज्योतिस्तमनुगच्छति । तेषां त्रयाणामेकत्वाद् द्ववं भूमौ प्रतिष्ठितम्
jaḍamānāṁ hi sarveṣāṁ sthāvarāṇāṁ tathaiva ca | ākāśaṁ pavano 'nveti jyotis tam anugacchati | teṣāṁ trayāṇām ekatvād dvayaṁ bhūmau pratiṣṭhitam |
Bharadvāja berkata: Bagi semua makhluk yang tak berkesadaran—terutama yang tak bergerak—vāyu beranjak menuju angkasa, dan cahaya (agni) mengikuti vāyu itu. Karena tiga unsur—angkasa, vāyu, dan agni—menyatu, dua unsur yang tersisa (air dan bumi) tetap tegak di bumi.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
It explains elemental dissolution: at the breaking of embodied existence, the subtle elements (space, wind, fire) are said to merge, while the heavier pair (earth and, by implication in the surrounding passage, water) remain grounded—highlighting the body’s material nature and the transience of embodied forms.
Bharadvāja is presenting a doctrinal account of what happens to the constituents of inert/embodied beings at dissolution, describing how wind goes to space, fire follows wind, and how the elements regroup into a triad and a remaining pair associated with the earth.