Shloka 231
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
यदा न रूप॑ न स्पर्शो नोष्मभावश्नल पञज्चके । तदा शान्ते शरीराग्नौ देहत्यागे न नश्यति
yadā na rūpaṃ na sparśo noṣmabhāvaś ca pañcake | tadā śānte śarīrāgnau dehatyāge na naśyati ||
ದೇಹಾನುಭವದ ಪಂಚಕದಲ್ಲಿ ರೂಪವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಉಷ್ಣಭಾವವೂ ಇಲ್ಲದಾಗ—ದೇಹಾಗ್ನಿ ಶಾಂತವಾದ ಮೇಲೆ—ದೇಹತ್ಯಾಗದ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಆತ್ಮ ನಾಶವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that when bodily sensations and vital heat cease and the body’s sustaining fire is pacified, the abandonment of the body does not imply the destruction of the self; what ends is the bodily apparatus, not the imperishable witness.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bharadvāja is presenting a doctrinal explanation about death and the relation between the body’s sensory functions and the enduring self, emphasizing non-perishing at the time of dehatyāga.