Shloka 31

सयक्षभूतगन्धर्वे सकिन्नरमहोरगे । सचारणपिशाचे वै सदेवर्षिनिशाचरे,नरश्रेष्ठ! तीनों लोकोंमें जितने देहधारी हैं, उन सबमें इन्हीं तत्त्वोंके समुदायको देह समझना चाहिये। देवता, मनुष्य, दानव, यक्ष, भूत, गन्धर्व किन्नर, महासर्प, चारण, पिशाच, देवर्षि, निशाचर, दंश (डंक मारनेवाली मक्खी), कीट, मच्छर, दुर्गन्धित कीड़े, चूहे, कुत्ते, चाण्डाल, हिरन, श्वपाक (कुत्ताका मांस खानेवाला), पुल्कस (म्लेच्छ), हाथी, घोड़े, गधे, सिंह, वृक्ष और गौ आदिके रूपमें जो कुछ मूर्तिमान्‌ पदार्थ है, सर्वत्र इन्हीं तत्त्वोंका दर्शन होता है

sa-yakṣa-bhūta-gandharve sa-kinnara-mahorage | sa-cāraṇa-piśāce vai sa-devarṣi-niśācare, naraśreṣṭha! trīṣu lokeṣu yāvanto deha-dhāriṇaḥ santi, teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ dehaḥ eṣām eva tattvānāṃ samudāya iti draṣṭavyaḥ | yatra yatra mūrtimat padārthaḥ dṛśyate, tatra tatra eṣām eva tattvānāṃ darśanam bhavati ||

ヴァシシュタは言った。「人中の最勝よ、夜叉・ブータ・ガンダルヴァ・キンナラ・大蛇(ナーガ)・チャーラナ・ピシャーチャ・天の聖仙・夜行の者に至るまで—まことに三界の一切の有身の者において—『身体』とは、これら根本成分の合成にほかならぬと知るべきである。神であれ人であれダーナヴァであれ、いかなる生類であれ、触れ得る具身の形として現れるものは、どこでも同じ成分が働いているにすぎない。ここにある倫理の力点は、あらゆる具身の生命の下に一つの物質的基盤を見て、驕りと嫌悪をゆるめることにある。」

in that / among those
:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, locative, singular
यक्षamong Yakṣas
यक्ष:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष
Formmasculine, locative, singular
भूतamong beings/spirits
भूत:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
Formneuter, locative, singular
गन्धर्वेamong Gandharvas
गन्धर्वे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
Formmasculine, locative, singular
in that / among those
:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, locative, singular
किन्नरamong Kinnaras
किन्नर:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकिन्नर
Formmasculine, locative, singular
महाgreat
महा:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formmasculine, locative, singular
उरगेamong serpents (lit. crawlers)
उरगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउरग
Formmasculine, locative, singular
in that / among those
:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, locative, singular
चारणamong Cāraṇas
चारण:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootचारण
Formmasculine, locative, singular
पिशाचेamong Piśācas
पिशाचे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपिशाच
Formmasculine, locative, singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
in that / among those
:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, locative, singular
देवर्षिamong divine seers
देवर्षि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवर्षि
Formmasculine, locative, singular
निशाचरेamong night-roamers (demons)
निशाचरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनिशाचर
Formmasculine, locative, singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
Y
yakṣa
B
bhūta
G
gandharva
K
kinnara
M
mahoraga (great serpents)
C
cāraṇa
P
piśāca
D
devarṣi
N
niśācara
T
three worlds (triloka)

Educational Q&A

All embodied beings—divine, human, or otherwise—are constituted by the same fundamental tattvas; therefore the body is an aggregate of shared elements, a view meant to reduce pride, hatred, and caste/species-based contempt.

Vasiṣṭha instructs the listener (addressed as 'naraśreṣṭha') in a contemplative, Sāṅkhya-like analysis: he lists many classes of beings to emphasize that across the three worlds, every tangible form is built from the same constituents.