Shloka 33

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

हस्वो दीर्घस्तथा स्थूलश्षतुरस्रो5णुवृत्तवान्‌,एवं षोडशविस्तारो ज्योतीरूपगुण: स्मृत: । हस्व दीर्घ, स्थूल, चौकोर और सब ओरसे गोल, सफेद, काला, लाल, पीला और आकाशकी भाँति नीला, कठिन, चिक्कण, अल्प, पिच्छिल, मृदु और दारुण--इस प्रकार ज्योतिर्मय रूप नामक गुण सोलह भेदोंमें विस्तारको प्राप्त हुआ है

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca | hrasvo dīrghas tathā sthūlaś caturaśro 'ṇuvṛttavān | evaṃ ṣoḍaśa-vistāro jyotī-rūpa-guṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

హ్రస్వం, దీర్ఘం, స్థూలం, చతురస్రం, అణువు (సూక్ష్మం) మరియు వృత్తం (గోళం)—ఈ విధంగా ‘జ్యోతిరూప’ అనే గుణం షోడశ విధాల విస్తరించిందని స్మరించబడుతుంది.

Word by Word

ह्रस्वःshort

दीर्घःlong

तथाand likewise

स्थूलःthick/gross

चतुरस्रःfour-sided/square

अनुवृत्तवान्rounded (having circularity all around)

एवम्thus

षोडश-विस्तारःhaving sixteenfold extension/variety

ज्योति-रूप-गुणःthe quality called 'luminous form'

स्मृतःis said/considered

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that what is perceived as ‘form’ (rūpa), here termed a ‘luminous form-quality’ (jyotī-rūpa-guṇa), manifests in many distinguishable modes (e.g., short/long, thick, square, minute/round). The ethical-spiritual point in Śānti Parva is to cultivate discrimination: recognize changing attributes as qualities of phenomena, not as the unchanging Self.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, the sage Bharadvāja is explaining a doctrinal classification of qualities. He enumerates basic shape/size modalities as part of a broader scheme said to extend to sixteen varieties, supporting a systematic understanding of how the world of experience is analyzed in traditional teaching.