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Shloka 33

Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra

Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability

एवं त्वक्चक्षुषी जिह्नला नासिका चेति पठचमी । स्पर्शे रूपे रसे गन्धे तानि चेतो मनश्न॒ तत्‌,इसी प्रकार त्वचा, नेत्र, जिह्ला और नासिका भी क्रमशः स्पर्श, रूप, रस और गन्धके आश्रय तथा अपने आधारभूत महाभूतोंके स्वरूप हैं। इन सबका कारण मन है, इसलिये ये सब-के-सब मनःस्वरूप हैं

evaṁ tvak-cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā ceti pañcamī | sparśe rūpe rase gandhe tāni ceto manaś ca tat ||

Бхишма разъясняет: так же и кожа, глаза, язык и нос — всего пять — каждый укоренён в своей области опыта: осязании, форме, вкусе и запахе. Но общий их корень — ум (manas); потому все эти способности чувств в конечном счёте следует понимать как зависящие от ума и им формируемые.

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
त्वक्skin (organ of touch)
त्वक्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चक्षुषीthe two eyes
चक्षुषी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
जिह्वाtongue
जिह्वा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नासिकाnose
नासिका:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनासिका
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
पञ्चमीthe fifth (set/category)
पञ्चमी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्पर्शेin/with touch
स्पर्शे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्पर्श
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
रूपेin/with form (color/shape)
रूपे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
रसेin/with taste
रसे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरस
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
गन्धेin/with smell
गन्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तानिthose (things/organs)
तानि:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
चेतःmind, consciousness
चेतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचेतस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

The senses operate in their respective domains (touch, form, taste, smell), but their functioning and direction depend on the mind; therefore, mastery of the mind is essential for ethical self-control and inner discipline.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation-oriented reflection, Bhishma continues a philosophical explanation of the human faculties, describing how the sense-organs relate to their objects and how the mind stands as their common cause and coordinator.