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Shloka 13

अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः

Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थाश्व॒ स्‍्वभावश्वलेतना मन: । प्राणापानौ च जीवश्व नित्यं देहेषु देहिनाम्‌,इन्द्रियाँ, इन्द्रियोंके रूप, रस आदि विषय, स्वभाव [शीतोष्णादि धर्म], चेतना-, मन, प्राण, अपान और जीव--ये देहधारियोंके शरीरोंमें सदा विद्यमान रहते हैं

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

వ్యాసుడు పలికెను—ఇంద్రియములు, ఇంద్రియవిషయములు (రూప-రసాదులు), స్వభావము (శీత-ఉష్ణాది ధర్మములు), చైతన్యము, మనస్సు, ప్రాణ-అపానములు మరియు జీవుడు—ఇవి దేహధారుల దేహములలో నిత్యము నివసించుచున్నవి।

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.