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Shloka 5

Śraddhā–Guṇa–Vibhāga Yoga (Faith and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata Book 6, Chapter 39

यह क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञका तत्त्व ऋषियोंद्वाराः बहुत प्रकारसे कहा गया है और विविध वेदमन्त्रोंद्रारा भी विभागपूर्वक कहा गया है तथा भलीभाँति निश्चय किये हुए युक्तियुक्त ब्रह्मसूत्रके पदोंद्वारा भी कहा गया है ।। महाभूतान्यहंकारो: बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च । इन्द्रियाणिद शैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचरा:,५ पाँच महाभूत, अहंकार-॑, बुद्धि३ और मूल प्रकृति+ भी; तथा दस इन्द्रियाँ-, एक मनः और पाँच इन्द्रियोंक विषय* अर्थात्‌ शब्द, स्पर्श, रूप, रस और गन्ध--

arjuna uvāca | mahābhūtāny ahaṅkāro buddhir avyaktam eva ca | indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca pañca cendriyagocarāḥ ||

Arjuna berkata: “Unsur-unsur kewujudan berjasad hendaklah difahami demikian: lima unsur besar; rasa-aku (ahaṃkāra); intelek (buddhi); dan sumber yang tidak termanifest (avyakta—prakṛti asal). Bersama itu ada sepuluh indera, satu minda, dan lima bidang pengalaman indera—bunyi, sentuhan, rupa, rasa, dan bau.”

महाभूतानिthe great elements
महाभूतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
अहंकारःego-sense
अहंकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहंकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बुद्धिःintellect
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अव्यक्तम्the unmanifest (prakṛti)
अव्यक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इन्द्रियाणिthe senses
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
दशten
दश:
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
एकम्one
एकम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इन्द्रियगोचराःobjects of the senses
इन्द्रियगोचराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रियगोचर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
M
mahābhūta (five elements)
A
ahaṅkāra
B
buddhi
A
avyakta (prakṛti)
I
indriya (senses)
M
manas (mind)
Ś
śabda
S
sparśa
R
rūpa
R
rasa
G
gandha

Educational Q&A

The verse enumerates the components of the ‘field’ of experience—elements, ego, intellect, unmanifest nature, senses, mind, and sense-objects—so that one can ethically and spiritually discriminate the changing instruments of experience from the true knower (kṣetrajña).

Arjuna is articulating a structured philosophical analysis of embodied existence, listing the basic categories that constitute the experienced world and the inner apparatus of cognition, as part of a broader inquiry into kṣetra (the field) and kṣetrajña (the knower).