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Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 86

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

त्रयो हि धातव: ख्याता: कर्मजा इति ते स्मृता: । पित्तं श्लेष्मा च वायुश्चव एब संघात उच्यते

trayo hi dhātavaḥ khyātāḥ karmajā iti te smṛtāḥ | pittaṁ śleṣmā ca vāyuś caiva saṅghāta ucyate |

ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ၌ သုံးမျိုးသော ဓာတ် (doṣa/dhātu) သည် ထင်ရှားသည်—ဝါယု (vāta)၊ ပိတ္တ (pitta) နှင့် ရှလေရှ္မန် (śleṣman/kapha) ဖြစ်ကြသည်။ ထိုသုံးပါးလုံးကို ကမ္မမှ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသည်ဟု မှတ်သားကြသည်။ ၎င်းတို့၏ စုပေါင်းကို «တရိဓာတု» (tridhātu) ဟု ခေါ်သည်။ သတ္တဝါသည် ဤဓာတ်တို့ တည်ရှိသဖြင့် အသက်ကို ထိန်းထားနိုင်ပြီး၊ ၎င်းတို့ လျော့နည်းသော် သတ္တဝါလည်း လျော့နည်းသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် အာယုဝေဒ ပညာရှင်တို့က ငါကို «တရိဓာတု» ဟု ခေါ်ကြသည်။

त्रयःthree
त्रयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
धातवःbodily humors/constituents
धातवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधातु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ख्याताःare known/are famed
ख्याताः:
TypeVerb
Rootख्यात
Form√ख्यै (ख्यायते), क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
कर्मजाःborn of actions (karma-born)
कर्मजाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इतिthus/so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्मृताःare considered/are remembered as
स्मृताः:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृत
Form√स्मृ (स्मरति), क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
पित्तम्bile (pitta)
पित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
श्लेष्माphlegm (kapha)
श्लेष्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्लेष्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वायुःwind (vāta)
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संघातःaggregate/collection
संघातः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंघात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis called/is said
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√वच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ

P
pitta
Ś
śleṣman/kapha
V
vāyu/vāta
K
karma

Educational Q&A

Embodied life depends on the balance of three bodily principles—vāta, pitta, and kapha—understood here as karmically conditioned; health and decline are connected to the state of these constituents, integrating physiological insight with moral causality (karma).

Within the Shanti Parva’s instructional discourse, the text shifts into an Ayurvedic-style explanation of the body, defining the three constituents (tridhātu) and stating their karmic origin and their role in sustaining life.