Shloka 13
Śukasya Janma-yoga-phalaṁ — Vyāsasya Tapasā Putrārthaḥ (Śānti-parva 310)
शब्द: स्पर्शक्ष रूपं च रसो गन्धस्तथैव च । वाक् च हस्तौ च पादौ च पायुर्मेढ्ें तथैव च,ये आठ प्रकृतियाँ कही गयीं। अब मुझसे विकारोंका भी वर्णन सुनो-श्रोत्र, त्वचा, नेत्र, जिह्ठा, पाँचवीं नासिका, शब्द, स्पर्श, रूप, रस, गन्ध, वाणी, हाथ, पैर, लिंग और गुदा
śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhas tathaiva ca | vāk ca hastau ca pādau ca pāyur meḍhraṃ tathaiva ca ||
ヤージュニャヴァルキヤは言った。「音・触・色（形）・味・香、また言葉、両手、両足、肛門、生殖器——これらが数え上げられる。今、変異（ヴィカーラ）についても我より聞け。すなわち、耳・皮膚・眼・舌、第五に鼻——そして音・触・色・味・香、言葉、手、足、生殖器、肛門である。」この教えにおいて聖仙は、有身の経験を成り立たせる諸要素を分類し、識別と離欲を養わせ、聞く者を感官とその働きへの同一化から離して、自己統御と解脱へと導くのである。
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies the sense-objects and organs of action as enumerated constituents, then points to their ‘modifications’ (vikāras). The purpose is discriminative knowledge: recognizing bodily and sensory functions as components of nature rather than the Self, fostering detachment and progress toward mokṣa.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, the sage Yājñavalkya is instructing his listener(s) by listing categories of embodied experience—sense-objects and action-organs—and then transitioning to explain their derivative manifestations, continuing a systematic philosophical exposition.