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Shloka 4

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

स तेषां गुणसंघात: शरीरं भरतर्षभ | सततं हि प्रलीयन्ते गुणास्ते प्रभवन्ति च,भरतश्रेष्ठ! प्राणियोंका शरीर उन्हीं पाँचों महाभूतोंका कार्यसमूह है। वे कार्यरूपमें परिणत भूतगण सदा लीन होते और प्रकट होते रहते हैं

sa teṣāṁ guṇasaṅghātaḥ śarīraṁ bharatarṣabha | satataṁ hi pralīyante guṇās te prabhavanti ca ||

ഭരതശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! ശരീരം ആ തത്ത്വങ്ങളുടെ ഗുണങ്ങളുടെ സംഹിതയാണ്. ആ ഗുണങ്ങൾ നിരന്തരം ലയിക്കുകയും നിരന്തരം വീണ്ടും ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

सःthat (he/it)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेषाम्of those
तेषाम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
गुण-संघातःaggregate/collection of qualities (elements)
गुण-संघातः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुणसंघात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भरत-ऋषभO bull among the Bharatas
भरत-ऋषभ:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (Vocative epithet)
Rootभरतऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सततम्always, continually
सततम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
प्रलीयन्तेdissolve, merge (into)
प्रलीयन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-ली
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
गुणाःqualities; constituents
गुणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेthose
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रभवन्तिarise, come into being
प्रभवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-भू
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भरत-श्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरत-श्रेष्ठ:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (Vocative epithet)
Rootभरतश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
B
Bharatarshabha (Yudhishthira)

Educational Q&A

The body is a temporary aggregate of material constituents that continually arise and dissolve; recognizing this supports detachment and clearer discernment of the self beyond bodily change.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhishma explains a philosophical view of embodiment: the body is formed from constituent elements and is perpetually undergoing dissolution and re-formation.