Shloka 5

Ācāra-vidhi (Rules of Conduct) — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Catalogue

Devanagari script

एवं त्विह स सर्वत्र प्राणेन परिचाल्यते । पृष्ठतस्तु समानेन स्वां स्वां गतिमुपाश्रित:

Transliteration

evaṃ tv iha sa sarvatra prāṇena paricālyate | pṛṣṭhatas tu samānena svāṃ svāṃ gatim upāśritaḥ ||

Translation

ဘာရဒ္ဝါဇက ဆို၏—ဤကိုယ်ခန္ဓာအတွင်း၌ နေရာအနှံ့ရှိ လုပ်ဆောင်ချက်အားလုံးကို «ပရာဏ» က လှုပ်ရှားစေ၏။ ထို့နောက် နောက်ဘက်မှ စည်းညှိသက်ရှူဟု ခေါ်သော «သမာန» အဖြစ်ဖြင့် ပရာဏတည်းဟူသော အသက်လေသည် မိမိ၏ သင့်လျော်သော လမ်းကြောင်းကို ယူဆောင်ကာ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ၏ လုပ်ငန်းစဉ်များကို သက်ဆိုင်ရာ လမ်းကြောင်းအလိုက် အုပ်ချုပ်ထိန်းသိမ်းပေး၏။

Word by Word

• {'evaṃ': 'thus, in this manner', 'tu': 'but, indeed', 'iha': 'here (in this context

• in the body)', 'saḥ': 'he/that (referring to prāṇa as the operative principle)', 'sarvatra': 'everywhere, in all parts', 'prāṇena': 'by prāṇa

• by the vital breath/life-force (instrumental case)', 'paricālyate': 'is moved, is activated, is set in motion', 'pṛṣṭhataḥ': 'from behind

• from the rear/back (as a supporting/propelling force)', 'samānena': 'by samāna (the equalizing/balancing vital air)', 'svām svām': 'each its own

• respective', 'gatim': 'course, movement, function, pathway', 'upāśritaḥ': 'having resorted to

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• prāṇa
• samāna (vāyu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse explains prāṇa as the organizing life-force that activates all bodily functions, and highlights samāna as the harmonizing aspect that regulates and sustains each function in its proper course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja is describing an inner, quasi-physiological doctrine: how the vital airs operate within the embodied being, presenting prāṇa as the mover of the organs and samāna as the balancing regulator that supports their respective activities.