Shloka 33
अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः
Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas
हानिभड़विकल्पानां नवानां संचयेन च | शरीराणामजस्याहु्सत्वं पारदर्शिन:
hāni-bhaṅga-vikalpānāṁ navānāṁ sañcayena ca | śarīrāṇām ajasyāhuḥ sattvaṁ pāradarśinaḥ ||
Vyāsa bersabda: Para resi yang melihat hakikat menyatakan bahwa, karena Sang Diri yang tak-terlahir (bagian dari Paramātman) berulang kali menghimpun tubuh-tubuh yang selalu baru—masing-masing tunduk pada kerugian, keretakan, dan perubahan—maka hakikatnya disebut ‘Haṁsa’, prinsip batin yang murni yang melintasi penjelmaan tanpa sendiri dilahirkan.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts the perishable body—marked by loss, dissolution, and continual modification—with the unborn inner principle. Because the inner Self repeatedly associates with new bodies in saṁsāra, the wise describe its essential purity as ‘haṁsa’, pointing to a reality that remains unstained amid changing embodiments.
In Śānti Parva’s reflective instruction, Vyāsa articulates a philosophical explanation of embodiment and rebirth. He reports the view of pāradarśin (truth-seeing) sages: bodies are repeatedly taken up and discarded, while the unborn Self’s true nature is identified through the symbolic term ‘haṁsa’.