Shloka 14
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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रूप॑ गन्धो रस: स्पर्श: शब्दश्वैवाथ तद्गुणा: । इन्द्रियेरूपल भ्यन्ते पजचधा पड्च पञ्चभि:
rūpa-gandho rasaḥ sparśaḥ śabdaś caivātha tad-guṇāḥ | indriyai rūpalabhyante pañcadhā pañca pañcabhiḥ ||
ಅಸಿತನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ರೂಪ, ಗಂಧ, ರಸ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ, ಶಬ್ದ—ಇವು ಐದು ವಿಷಯ-ಗುಣಗಳು. ಕಣ್ಣು ಮೊದಲಾದ ಐದು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳಿಂದ ಇವು ಐದು ವಿಧವಾಗಿ—ದರ್ಶನಾದಿ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ—ಗ್ರಹಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತವೆ. ಈ ಭೇದವನ್ನು ಅರಿತಾಗಲೇ ವಿವೇಕವೂ ಸಂಯಮವೂ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that perception is organized through five senses, each grasping a specific sensory quality—form, smell, taste, touch, and sound. Recognizing this mapping supports viveka (discernment) and restraint, since ethical living depends on understanding how sense-contact generates experience and desire.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Asita explains a philosophical account of perception: the five sensory qualities are known through the five senses (eye and the rest). This forms part of a broader teaching aimed at inner discipline and right understanding.