Shloka 9
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
इस प्रकार यह समस्त स्थावर-जड़म शरीर पञ्चभूतमय ही है। प्रलयकालमें यह परमात्मामें ही लीन होता है और सृष्टिके आरम्भमें पुनः उन्हींसे प्रकट हो जाता है ।।
evaṁprakāraṁ idaṁ samastaṁ sthāvara-jaḍaṁ śarīraṁ pañcabhūtamayaṁ hi. pralayakāle tat paramātmani eva līyate ca sṛṣṭer ārambhe punaḥ tasmād eva prakaṭībhavati. mahābhūtāni pañcaiva sarvabhūteṣu bhūtakṛt; viṣayān kalpayāmāsa yasmin yad anupaśyati. sampūrṇa-bhūtānāṁ sṛṣṭi-kartā īśvaraḥ sarva-prāṇiṣu pañca-mahābhūtānāṁ vibhāga-pūrvakaṁ samāveśaṁ kṛtavān. dehasya bhitare yasya bhūtasya sthitau manuṣyaḥ yat karma paśyati, tat te vakṣyāmi; śṛṇu.
Bhīṣma disse: “Assim, este corpo inteiro—seja o do imóvel ou o do ser vivente—consiste nos cinco grandes elementos. No tempo da dissolução (pralaya), ele se funde somente no Ser Supremo; e, no início da criação, manifesta-se novamente a partir Dele. O Senhor, criador de todos os seres, distribuiu e implantou esses cinco grandes elementos em cada criatura. Agora ouvi: conforme qual elemento predomina no corpo, assim o homem percebe e assim se dedica a certos tipos de ação.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All embodied existence is constituted by the five great elements and ultimately returns to the Supreme Self at dissolution; the Lord distributes these elements within beings, shaping perception and activity according to elemental predominance.
In the Shanti Parva instruction, Bhishma continues his philosophical discourse, explaining to his listener(s) how the cosmos and the body arise from the Supreme, how they dissolve back into it, and introducing an analysis of how the five elements function within the body to condition experience and action.