Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
ये जो बीस और सात गुण बताये गये हैं
viṁśatir daśa caiva hi guṇāḥ saṅkhyānataḥ smṛtāḥ | samagrā yatra vartate taccharīram iti smṛtam ||
ພີດສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ເມື່ອນັບຕາມຈຳນວນ ຈຶ່ງຈື່ຈຳວ່າ ມີຊາວ ແລະ ສິບ—ລວມເປັນສາມສິບຄຸນະທຳ. ສິ່ງໃດທີ່ຄຸນະທຳເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນມີຄົບຖ້ວນຮ່ວມກັນ ນັ້ນແຫຼະທີ່ປະເພນີເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ຮ່າງກາຍ’»។
भीष्य उवाच
Bhīṣma defines the ‘body’ as an aggregate characterized by a complete set of enumerated qualities (guṇas). The emphasis is classificatory: what counts as ‘śarīra’ is that locus where the full set of these constituents is present together.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhīṣma continues a philosophical exposition using numerical enumeration. He concludes a list by stating that, taken together, they total thirty qualities, and he identifies their complete presence as the criterion for calling something a ‘body’.