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 |
ଶରୀରରେ ତିନି ଧାତୁ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ—ବାୟୁ (ବାତ), ପିତ୍ତ ଓ ଶ୍ଳେଷ୍ମା (କଫ); ଏମାନେ କର୍ମଜନ୍ୟ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ। ଏମାନଙ୍କ ସଂଯୁକ୍ତ ସମୁଦାୟକୁ ‘ତ୍ରିଧାତୁ’ କୁହାଯାଏ।
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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.