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Shloka 37

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

तथा खरो मृदू रूक्षो लघुर्गुरुतरोडपि च | एवं द्वादशधा स्पर्शों वायव्यो गुण उच्यते

tathā kharo mṛdu rūkṣo laghur gurutaro 'pi ca | evaṃ dvādaśadhā sparśo vāyavyo guṇa ucyate ||

ဘာရဒ္ဝါဇက ဆို၏— «ထို့အတူ လေဓာတ် (ဝါယု) နှင့် ဆက်စပ်၍ ထိတွေ့မှု (စပရှ) ကို ၁၂ မျိုးဟု ဖော်ပြကြသည်—ကြမ်းတမ်းခြင်းနှင့် နူးညံ့ခြင်း၊ ခြောက်သွေ့ခြင်း၊ ပေါ့ပါးခြင်းနှင့် လေးလံခြင်း (အလွန်လေးလံခြင်းတိုင်အောင်)၊ ထို့ပြင် အပူနှင့် အအေး၊ သက်သာမှုနှင့် နာကျင်မှု၊ ဆီပြန်ချောမွေ့မှုနှင့် ကြည်လင်မှု။ ဤသို့ လေဓာတ်နှင့် ဆက်စပ်သော ထိတွေ့အရည်အသွေး ၁၂ မျိုးကို ကြေညာထားသည်»။

तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
खरःrough
खरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootखर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मृदुःsoft
मृदुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमृदु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रूक्षःdry, rough
रूक्षः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरूक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लघुःlight
लघुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootलघु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुरुतरःheavier
गुरुतरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुरुतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
द्वादशधाin twelve ways
द्वादशधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्वादशधा
स्पर्शःtouch (quality)
स्पर्शः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्पर्श
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वायव्यःpertaining to wind/air
वायव्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवायव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुणःquality
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said, is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvāja
V
Vāyu (wind/air principle)

Educational Q&A

The verse classifies tactile experience (sparśa) as a set of distinct qualities and states that, in this teaching context, these are specifically attributed to the air principle (vāyavya guṇa). It presents a systematic, analytical way of understanding sensation by enumerating its modes.

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja is explaining a philosophical taxonomy of qualities. Here he continues an enumeration, stating that touch connected with Vāyu is described as twelvefold, listing representative tactile opposites such as rough/soft, light/heavy, and related experiential pairs.