Shloka 4
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
स तेषां गुणसंघात: शरीरं भरतर्षभ | सततं हि प्रलीयन्ते गुणास्ते प्रभवन्ति च
sa teṣāṁ guṇasaṅghātaḥ śarīraṁ bharatarṣabha | satataṁ hi pralīyante guṇās te prabhavanti ca ||
ビーシュマは言った。「バラタ族の雄牛よ、この身はそれらの成分が寄り集まった複合体にすぎぬ。まことにそれらの成分は絶えず滅し、また絶えず生じる。ゆえに有身の存在を、形成と崩壊が休みなく続く過程として悟り、身体を不変の自己と取り違えてはならぬ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The body is a temporary aggregate of material constituents that continually arise and dissolve; recognizing this supports detachment and clearer discernment of the self beyond bodily change.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhishma explains a philosophical view of embodiment: the body is formed from constituent elements and is perpetually undergoing dissolution and re-formation.