Shloka 30

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

athavā sannipāto 'yaṃ śarīraṃ pāñcabhautikam | ekaś ca daśa cāṣṭau ca guṇāḥ saha śarīriṇā ||

Translation

Asita berkata: Atau lagi, tubuh ini adalah himpunan dari lima unsur besar. Di dalam agregat ini termasuk yang satu (Mahat), yang sepuluh (daya indria), dan yang delapan (unsur-unsur halus), bersama sang diri yang bersemayam dalam tubuh.

Word by Word

अथवाor else

संनिपातःaggregate, conjunction, collection

अयम्this

शरीरम्body

पाञ्चभौतिकम्made of the five elements

एकःone

चand

दशten

चand

अष्टौeight (two sets / dual usage)

चand

गुणाःqualities, constituents

सहtogether with

शरीरिणाwith the embodied one (the soul/individual)

Speaker

असित उवाच

Characters & Entities

Asita

śarīra (body)

pañca-bhūta (five elements)

mahat-tattva

śarīrin (embodied self/jīva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.