Shloka 3
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
बुद्धिरात्मा मनुष्यस्य बुद्धिरेवात्मना55त्मनि । यदा विकुरुते भावं तदा भवति सा मन:
buddhir ātmā manuṣyasya buddhir evātmanātmani | yadā vikurute bhāvaṃ tadā bhavati sā manaḥ ||
ວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: ປັນຍາ (buddhi) ແມ່ນອັດຕາຂອງມະນຸດ; ແທ້ຈິງແລ້ວ ປັນຍານັ້ນເອງແມ່ນອັດຕາຢູ່ໃນອັດຕາ. ເມື່ອປັນຍານັ້ນປ່ຽນຮູບປ່ຽນອາການ ເພື່ອຮັບຮູ້ວັດຖຸຫຼາຍຢ່າງ ໃນຮູບແບບຈຳເພາະ ປັນຍາດຽວນັ້ນແຫຼະຈຶ່ງເອີ້ນວ່າ «ມະນັດ» (manas) ຫຼື ໃຈ.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies buddhi (intellect) as the central inner principle in a person and explains that manas (mind) is not a separate substance but a functional state of buddhi: when intellect modifies into particular modes to engage multiple objects, it is termed 'mind'.
In the Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Vyāsa is defining the inner faculties to clarify how cognition and inner experience operate—distinguishing the stable discriminative intellect (buddhi) from its object-oriented modifications, which are called mind (manas).