Shloka 12
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
Fever
चक्षुषी नासिकाकर्णो त्वक् जिद्वेति च पठचमी । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थानां ज्ञानानि कवयो विदु:,विद्वान् पुरुष ऐसा मानते हैं कि नेत्र, नासिका, कर्ण, त्वचा और पाँचवीं जिह्ठा--से पाँच ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ ही विषयोंको ग्रहण करनेवाली हैं
cakṣuṣī nāsikākarṇau tvak jihveti ca pañcamī | indriyāṇīndriyārthānāṃ jñānāni kavayo viduḥ ||
ອະສິຕະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ນັກປັນຍາທັງຫຼາຍກ່າວວ່າ ອິນທຣີຍະແຫ່ງຄວາມຮູ້ມີຫ້າ—ຕາສອງ, ດັງ, ຫູສອງ, ຜິວໜັງ, ແລະເປັນອັນທີຫ້າ ລີ້ນ—ເປັນທາງທີ່ມະນຸດຮັບຮູ້ວັດຖຸຂອງມັນຕາມສ່ວນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາເຂົ້າໃຈວ່າ ການຮັບຮູ້ທາງອາລົມແມ່ນປະຕູທີ່ໂລກຖືກຮູ້ຈັກ ແລະຄວນຮູ້ໃຫ້ຖືກ ແລະຄວບຄຸມໃຫ້ດີ.
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the five organs of knowledge (eyes, nose, ears, skin, tongue) as the instruments by which sense-objects are apprehended, implying that ethical life requires understanding and regulating sense-perception rather than being driven by it.
In Asita’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, he is explaining a classificatory teaching about the human faculties—specifically how knowledge of the external world arises through the senses—within a broader instruction on right understanding and self-mastery.