Shloka 14

अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः

Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving

Devanagari script

शिरास्नाय्वस्थिसंघातं बीभत्सामेध्यसंकुलम्‌ | भूतानामिन्द्रियाणां च गुणानां च समागमम्‌

Transliteration

śirāsnāyv-asthi-saṅghātaṃ bībhatsāmēdhya-saṅkulam | bhūtānām indriyāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca samāgamam ||

Translation

ປາຣາຊະຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ກາຍນີ້ເປັນແຕ່ກອງຮວມຂອງເສັ້ນເລືອດ ເສັ້ນເນື້ອ ແລະກະດູກ—ນ່າຂະຍະ ແລະແອດແນ່ນໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມບໍ່ບໍລິສຸດ. ມັນເປັນພຽງການມາຮວມກັນຂອງທາດທັງຫຼາຍ, ອິນຊີ (ປະສາດຮັບຮູ້), ແລະ ຄຸນະ (ແນວໂນ້ມທີ່ຂັບເຄື່ອນປະສົບການ)».

Word by Word

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्नायु: sinew/ligament
• स्नायु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नायु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संघातम्: mass/aggregate
• संघातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संघात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बीभत्स: disgusting
• बीभत्स: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बीभत्स
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमेध्य: impure/unclean
• अमेध्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेध्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संकुलम्: filled with, crowded with
• संकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूतानाम्: of the elements/beings
• भूतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• इन्द्रियाणाम्: of the senses
• इन्द्रियाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• गुणानाम्: of the qualities/guṇas
• गुणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• समागमम्: concourse/assemblage/coming-together
• समागमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• śarīra (body)
• bhūta (elements)
• indriya (sense-faculties)
• guṇa (qualities of nature)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse urges disidentification from the body by viewing it realistically as a composite of physical parts and impurities, and as a temporary assemblage of elements, senses, and guṇas. This supports vairāgya (detachment) and ethical clarity by weakening pride, lust, and possessiveness rooted in body-identification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara is instructing his listener in a contemplative, renunciatory analysis of the body. By describing the body’s constituents and impurity, he frames it as not-self and not worthy of attachment, aligning with Śānti Parva’s broader teachings on liberation-oriented dharma.