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Shloka 13

अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः

Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थाश्व॒ स्‍्वभावश्वलेतना मन: । प्राणापानौ च जीवश्व नित्यं देहेषु देहिनाम्‌

indriyāṇīndriyārthāś ca svabhāvaś cetanā manaḥ | prāṇāpānau ca jīvaś ca nityaṃ deheṣu dehinām ||

Vyāsa disse: Os órgãos dos sentidos, os objetos dos sentidos (como forma e sabor), a constituição inata (vista em qualidades como calor e frio), a consciência, a mente, os sopros vitais da inspiração e da expiração, e o princípio vivente individual — tudo isso está sempre presente nos corpos dos seres encarnados. Neste ensinamento, o corpo é mostrado como um campo constante onde faculdades e forças operam; a clareza ética surge ao discernir esses constituintes, em vez de tomá-los pelo verdadeiro Si.

इन्द्रियाणिthe sense-organs
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इन्द्रियार्थाःobjects of the senses
इन्द्रियार्थाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रियार्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्वभावःnature; inherent disposition
स्वभावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभाव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चेतनाconsciousness; sentience
चेतना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचेतना
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्राणापानौprāṇa and apāna (vital breaths)
प्राणापानौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणापान
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जीवःthe living self; individual soul
जीवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always; constantly
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
देहेषुin bodies
देहेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
देहिनाम्of embodied beings
देहिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
I
indriya (sense-organs)
I
indriyārtha (sense-objects)
S
svabhāva
C
cetanā
M
manas
P
prāṇa
A
apāna
J
jīva
D
deha (body)
D
dehin (embodied being)

Educational Q&A

The verse enumerates the constant constituents of embodied existence—senses, sense-objects, innate constitution, consciousness, mind, vital breaths, and the individual life-principle—encouraging discernment between the operating factors within the body and the deeper Self that should not be confused with them.

In the Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Vyāsa is explaining to the listener the elements that are invariably present in living bodies, setting up a framework for understanding how experience and action arise through the senses, mind, and vital forces.