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Shloka 52

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

रोगशोकसमाविदष्टं पज्चस्रोत:समावृतम्‌ पजञ्चभूतसमायुक्तं नदद्वारं द्विदिवतम्‌

rogaśokasamāviḍaṣṭaṃ pañcasrotaḥsamāvṛtaṃ pañcabhūtasamāyuktaṃ navadvāraṃ dvidhāvitam

ဝါယုဒေဝက မိန့်တော်မူသည်—“ဤကိုယ်ခန္ဓာရှိသတ္တဝါသည် ရောဂါနှင့် ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်းတို့ကြောင့် ကိုက်ခဲနှိပ်စက်ခံရ၏။ အာရုံအတွေ့အကြုံ၏ စီးကြောင်းငါးပါးဖြင့် ဝန်းရံပိတ်ဆို့ထားပြီး၊ မဟာဓာတ်ငါးပါးဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းထားကာ၊ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ၏ တံခါးကိုးပေါက်ကို ပိုင်ဆိုင်၏။ ထို့ပြင် ဆန့်ကျင်သည့် လှုံ့ဆော်မှုနှစ်မျိုးကြားတွင် ဆွဲငင်ခံရ၍ နှစ်ဘက်သို့ မောင်းနှင်ခံရ၏။”

रोगशोकसमाविष्टम्entered/afflicted by disease and grief
रोगशोकसमाविष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootरोग-शोक-समाविष्ट
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पञ्चस्रोतःसमावृतम्enclosed by five streams/channels
पञ्चस्रोतःसमावृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च-स्रोतस्-समावृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पञ्चभूतसमायुक्तम्joined with the five elements
पञ्चभूतसमायुक्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च-भूत-समायुक्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नवद्वारम्having nine gates (the body)
नवद्वारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनव-द्वार
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
द्विदेवतम्having two presiding deities / twofold divinity
द्विदेवतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि-देवत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
T
the embodied being (śarīrin/jīva implied)
F
five elements (pañcabhūta)
N
nine gates (navadvāra)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames the body as a constructed, element-made ‘city’ with nine openings, vulnerable to illness and sorrow and swept along by sensory currents. Ethically, it urges discernment and restraint: do not mistake the body’s changing conditions and sense-flows for the true Self, and cultivate steadiness amid dual pulls.

Vāyu-deva is describing the condition of embodied life in instructive, metaphorical terms—highlighting how the jīva, while dwelling in the body, is constrained by elemental composition, sense-channels, and the inevitable experiences of pain such as disease and grief.