Shloka 49
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
श्रोत्रादीनि तु सर्वाणि पञ्चकर्मेन्द्रियाण्यथ । वागादीनि प्रवर्तन्ते गुणेष्विह गुणी: सह
śrotrādīni tu sarvāṇi pañcakarmendriyāṇy atha | vāgādīni pravartante guṇeṣv iha guṇī saha ||
ວະສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນໂລກນີ້ ອິນທຣີຍະຮັບຮູ້ທັງຫມົດ ເລີ່ມຈາກການໄດ້ຍິນ ແລະອິນທຣີຍະກະທຳທັງຫ້າ ເລີ່ມຈາກຄຳເວົ້າ ລ້ວນແຕ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວຕາມຄຸນ (guṇa) ຂອງຕົນເອງ. ສັດຜູ້ມີຮ່າງກາຍ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍຄຸນເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ດຳເນີນການຜ່ານຮ່າງກາຍທີ່ປະກອບດ້ວຍຄຸນ».
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the senses and organs of action do not act independently; they function only in connection with their corresponding guṇas/qualities. Ethical discipline and liberation-oriented insight begin by recognizing this guṇa-driven mechanism and reducing identification with it.
In Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Vasiṣṭha explains the constitution and operation of embodied life: the sensory and active faculties arise and work within the field of guṇas, showing how the individual’s experience and conduct are conditioned by nature’s qualities.