Shloka 4
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
नश्यतीत्येव जानामि शान्तमग्निमनिन्धनम् | गतिर्यस्य प्रमाणं वा संस्थान वा न विद्यते
naśyatīty eva jānāmi śāntam agnim anindhanam | gatir yasya pramāṇaṃ vā saṃsthānaṃ vā na vidyate ||
ଭରଦ୍ୱାଜ କହିଲେ—ଇନ୍ଧନ ନଥିବା, ଶାନ୍ତ ହୋଇଯାଇଥିବା ଅଗ୍ନିକୁ ମୁଁ ନଷ୍ଟ ହୋଇଗଲା ବୋଲି ମାନେ; କାରଣ ଯାହାର ଗତି ନାହିଁ, ପ୍ରମାଣ ନାହିଁ, ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ସ୍ଥିତି/ଆକୃତି ନାହିଁ—ତାହାର ନାଶ ମାନିବାକୁ ପଡ଼େ। ଜୀବର ଦଶା ମଧ୍ୟ ଏହିପରି।
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bharadvāja argues from a perceptual-empirical standpoint: when something’s motion, measurable extent, and form are no longer apprehended—like a fuel-less extinguished fire—it is taken as destroyed; he applies this analogy to claim that the jīva too should be considered annihilated when its observable marks are absent.
In the Śānti Parva’s philosophical dialogue, Bharadvāja presents a reasoning-based position using the example of an extinguished fire to support the view that the living being ceases when its perceptible indicators cannot be found.