Shloka 25

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

उदानादुच्छवसिति च प्रतिभेदाच्च भाषते । इत्येते वायव: पज्च चेष्टयन्तीह देहिनम्‌

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca | prāṇena prāṇī calana-phirane kāmaṁ karoti, vyānena vyāyāmaṁ (bala-sādhya udyamaṁ) karoti, apāna-vāyuḥ ūrdhvād adhaḥ gacchati, samāna-vāyuḥ hṛdaye tiṣṭhati, udānena puruṣa ucchvāsaṁ gṛhṇāti ca pratibhedāc ca bhāṣate | ity ete vāyavaḥ pañca ceṣṭayantīha dehinam ||

Translation

ພຣະ຤ິສີ ພາຣະດວາຊ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂດຍປຣານາ (prāṇa) ສັດມີຊີວິດເຮັດການເຄື່ອນໄຫວທົ່ວໄປ; ໂດຍວຽານາ (vyāna) ເຂົາອອກແຮງໃນຄວາມພາກພຽນອັນໜັກ; ອະປານາ (apāna) ເຄື່ອນລົງຈາກເທິງ; ສະມານາ (samāna) ສະຖິດຢູ່ແຖວຫົວໃຈ; ແລະໂດຍອຸດານາ (udāna) ມະນຸດຫາຍໃຈອອກ ແລະດ້ວຍຄວາມແຕກຕ່າງຂອງຄໍ, ເພດານປາກ ແລະອະໄວຍະວະອື່ນໆ ຈຶ່ງເກີດສຽງ ແລະພະຍັນຊະນະ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ລົມຊີວິດທັງຫ້ານີ້ ດຳເນີນຢູ່ນີ້ ເຮັດໃຫ້ຜູ້ມີກາຍເຄື່ອນໄຫວໄດ້».

Word by Word

• उदानात्: from/through udāna (vital air)
• उदानात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदान
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• उच्छ्वसिति: breathes out / exhales
• उच्छ्वसिति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-श्वस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रतिभेदात्: from/through distinctions (of articulation)
• प्रतिभेदात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिभेद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भाषते: speaks / utters
• भाषते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वायवः: vital airs / winds
• वायवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Indeclinable (Numeral)
• Root: पञ्च

• चेष्टयन्ति: set in motion / make act
• चेष्टयन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चेष्टय्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इह: here (in this body/world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• देहिनम्: the embodied being
• देहिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• prāṇa
• vyāna
• apāna
• samāna
• udāna
• hṛdaya (heart)
• kaṇṭha (throat)
• tālu (palate)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse explains that embodied life is animated by five vital airs—prāṇa, vyāna, apāna, samāna, and udāna—each governing specific functions such as movement, exertion, downward flow, inner balancing in the heart-region, and exhalation/speech. Understanding these functions supports self-knowledge and disciplined living.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja is instructing about the inner workings of the body and life-force, detailing how the five vāyus operate to produce action and speech in the embodied being.