Shloka 20
अग्निनाम-प्रादुर्भावः प्रायश्चित्त-विधानं च
Agni’s Epithets, Manifestations, and Expiation Procedures
इन्द्रियाणि च पञ्चात्मा रज: सत्त्वं तमस्तथा । इत्येष सप्तदशको राशिरव्यक्तसंज्ञक:,इनके सिवा पाँच ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ, प्राण और सत्त्व, रज, तम--इन सत्रह तत्त्वोंका समूह अव्यक्त कहलाता है
indriyāṇi ca pañcātmā rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamas tathā | ityeṣa saptadaśako rāśir avyaktasaṃjñakaḥ ||
狩人の聖者は説いた。「五つの感官能力と、経験する主体としての内なる自己と、さらに三つのグナ—サットヴァ（sattva）・ラジャス（rajas）・タマス（tamas）—を合わせれば、十七の原理の集まりとなる。この総体を『未顕』（avyakta）と呼ぶ。」それは、顕れた経験と行いが生じ出る微細な根底を示す名である。
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical and spiritual understanding through Sāṅkhya-style analysis: experience and behavior arise from a subtle ‘unmanifest’ basis constituted by the sense-faculties, the self as experiencer, and the three guṇas. Recognizing these constituents helps one discern how clarity (sattva), agitation (rajas), and inertia (tamas) shape conduct, and thus supports disciplined, dharmic living.
In the Vyādha episode of the Vana Parva, the hunter instructs a seeker in dharma using philosophical categories. Here he defines a set of principles and labels their aggregate as ‘avyakta’ (the unmanifest), continuing his broader teaching that right understanding of the self and the guṇas underlies right action.