Shloka 13
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
पज्चानामिन्द्रियाणां तु दोषानाक्षिप्य पठ्चधा । शब्दं रूप॑ तथा स्पर्श रसं गन्धं॑ तथैव च
pañcānām indriyāṇāṁ tu doṣān ākṣipya pañcadhā | śabdaṁ rūpaṁ tathā sparśaṁ rasaṁ gandhaṁ tathaiva ca ||
Yājñavalkya berkata: Setelah mengenal pasti dan menghuraikan kecacatan yang berkaitan dengan lima indera, hendaklah ia dibahagikan kepada lima—bunyi, rupa, sentuhan, rasa, dan bau.
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical and spiritual discipline begins by recognizing how the five senses become vulnerable to faults through their respective objects—sound, form, touch, taste, and smell—and by consciously categorizing and examining these channels so they can be restrained and guided by discernment.
In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya is explaining a framework for self-mastery: he enumerates the five sense-objects and indicates that the defects tied to sense-life should be analyzed according to these five domains.