Shloka 33

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषे च तीव्रगन्धसमन्विते । शुक्रशोणितसंघाते मज्जास्नायुपरिग्रहे

Transliteration

śleṣma-mūtra-purīṣe ca tīvra-gandha-samanvite | śukra-śoṇita-saṅghāte majjā-snāyu-parigrahe ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ມີກາຍຕ້ອງອາໄສຢູ່ໃນພາຊະນະອັນບໍ່ບໍລິສຸດ—ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍເສມ, ປັດສະວະ, ແລະອຸຈາລະ, ມີກິ່ນແຮງ—ເກີດຈາກການຮວບຮວມຂອງນ້ຳເຊື້ອແລະເລືອດເທົ່ານັ້ນ ແລະຖືກຜູກຮັດດ້ວຍໄຂກະດູກແລະເສັ້ນເອັນ. ເມື່ອຮູ້ແຈ້ງສະພາບອັນນ່າຮັງກຽດຂອງການເກີດມີກາຍນີ້ ຄວນສືບຫາປະໂຫຍດສູງສຸດ ໂດຍເຂົ້າໃຈອາຕະມັນ ແລະຮຽນຮູ້ວິທີຝຶກຍະໂຍຄະທີ່ຄຳພີສອນເພື່ອບັນລຸມັນ.»

Word by Word

• श्लेष्म: in phlegm
• श्लेष्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (usage varies), Locative, Singular

• मूत्र: in urine
• मूत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुरीषे: in feces
• पुरीषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरीष
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• तीव्र: strong, intense
• तीव्र: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (agreeing with गन्ध), Instrumental, Singular

• गन्ध: odor
• गन्ध: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समन्विते: endowed/filled with
• समन्विते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√इ (समन्वि) + क्त (समन्वित)
• Form: Neuter (agreeing with implied स्थान/गर्भाशय/देह etc.), Locative, Singular

• शुक्र: semen
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular

• शोणित: blood
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular

• संघाते: in the mass/aggregate
• संघाते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संघात
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मज्जा: marrow
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular

• स्नायु: sinew/ligament
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नायु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular

• परिग्रहे: in the enclosure/collection
• परिग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse cultivates dispassion (vairāgya) by emphasizing the body’s impure, composite nature, urging the seeker to turn toward ātma-jñāna (knowledge of the Self) and śāstra-taught yogic disciplines as the true means to the highest good.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation-oriented wisdom. Here he describes the foul constituents of embodied existence to redirect the king’s attention from worldly attachment to spiritual practice and Self-realization.