Shloka 15
अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः
Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas
एवं सप्तदशं देहे वृतं षोडशभिग्गुणै: । मनीषी मनसा विप्र: पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि
evaṁ saptadaśaṁ dehe vṛtaṁ ṣoḍaśabhir guṇaiḥ | manīṣī manasā vipraḥ paśyaty ātmānam ātmani ||
ವ್ಯಾಸನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೀಗೆ ಈ ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಹದಿನೇಳನೆಯ ತತ್ತ್ವವಾದ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನು ಹದಿನಾರು ತತ್ತ್ವಗಳಿಂದ ಆವೃತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಆದರೂ ಮಣೀಷಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನು ಮನಸ್ಸು ಮತ್ತು ವಿವೇಕಬಲದಿಂದ ಅಂತರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಆತ್ಮನನ್ನು ಆತ್ಮದಲ್ಲೇ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾನೆ.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme Self (counted as the seventeenth) is present within the body but is obscured by sixteen covering constituents (such as senses, objects, mind, vital airs, and individuality). Through disciplined inner discernment, the wise person realizes the Self within, moving from outward identification to inward knowledge.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa continues a doctrinal exposition: he explains how the embodied being fails to recognize the indwelling Self due to layers of psycho-physical factors, and how a discerning brāhmaṇa can directly perceive that Self through inner contemplation.