Shloka 6
अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः
Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas
महाभूतानि सर्वाणि पूर्वसृष्टि: स्वयम्भुव: । भूयिष्ठ प्राणभृद्ग्रामे निविष्टानि शरीरिषु,सम्पूर्ण महाभूत विधाताकी पहली सृष्टि है। वे समस्त प्राणिसमुदायमें तथा सभी देहधारियोंके शरीरोंमें अधिक-से-अधिक भरे हुए हैं
mahābhūtāni sarvāṇi pūrvasṛṣṭiḥ svayambhuvaḥ | bhūyiṣṭhaṃ prāṇabhṛdgrāme niviṣṭāni śarīriṣu ||
വ്യാസൻ പറഞ്ഞു— എല്ലാ മഹാഭൂതങ്ങളും സ്വയംഭൂ (ബ്രഹ്മാ)വിന്റെ ആദിസൃഷ്ടിയാണ്. അവ ജീവികളുടെ സമൂഹത്തിലും എല്ലാ ദേഹധാരികളുടെയും ശരീരങ്ങളിലും ഏറ്റവും അധികമായി നിവാസം ചെയ്യുന്നു.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
That embodied life is fundamentally constituted by the five great elements, which originate in the primordial creation of the Self-born creator; recognizing this supports a reflective, dharmic understanding of the body as a composite rather than the true self.
Vyāsa is explaining a cosmological-metaphysical point in the Śānti Parva: the great elements were created first by Svayambhū and are abundantly present within all living beings’ bodies, grounding later discussion on the nature of the body and the principles sustaining life.