Shloka 8
Ācāra-vidhi (Rules of Conduct) — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Catalogue
संधिष्वपि च सर्वेषु संनिविष्टस्तथानिल: । शरीरेषु मनुष्याणां व्यान इत्युपदिश्यते,जो मनुष्योंके शरीरोंमें और उनकी समस्त संधियोंमें भी व्याप्त है, उस वायुको “व्यान' कहते हैं
sandhiṣv api ca sarveṣu sanniviṣṭas tathānilaḥ | śarīreṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ vyāna ity upadiśyate ||
Disse Bharadvāja: O sopro vital que está presente em todas as articulações e que permeia os corpos humanos é ensinado como Vyāna. Neste ensinamento sobre a constituição interior da vida, o nome “Vyāna” marca a força onipresente que circula e sustenta a integração do corpo, mostrando que o dharma também repousa no entendimento do funcionamento ordenado do próprio ser.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines Vyāna as the vital wind that pervades the entire human body, including all the joints, emphasizing an all-spreading life-force that supports bodily cohesion and circulation.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Bharadvāja is explaining the functions and names of the internal vital airs (vāyus/prāṇas), identifying which one is called Vyāna by its characteristic pervasion through the body and joints.