Shloka 37

तथा खरो मृदू रूक्षो लघुर्गुरुतरोडपि च | एवं द्वादशधा स्पर्शों वायव्यो गुण उच्यते,उष्ण, शीत, सुख, दुःख, स्निग्ध, विशद, खर, मृदु, रूक्ष, हलका, भारी और अधिक भारी--इस प्रकार वायु-सम्बन्धी स्पर्श गुणके बारह भेद कहे जाते हैं

tathā kharo mṛdu rūkṣo laghur gurutaro 'pi ca | evaṃ dvādaśadhā sparśo vāyavyo guṇa ucyate ||

อีกประการหนึ่ง สัมผัสในความเกี่ยวเนื่องกับธาตุลม (วายุ) กล่าวไว้เป็นสิบสองประการ: หยาบและอ่อนนุ่ม; แห้ง; เบาและหนัก (ถึงหนักยิ่ง); และยังมีร้อนและเย็น สุขสบายและเจ็บปวด ลื่นมันและใส. ดังนี้แล คุณแห่งสัมผัสสิบสองประการอันสัมพันธ์กับวายุจึงถูกประกาศ.

तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
खरःrough
खरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootखर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मृदुःsoft
मृदुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमृदु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रूक्षःdry, rough
रूक्षः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरूक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लघुःlight
लघुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootलघु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुरुतरःheavier
गुरुतरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुरुतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
द्वादशधाin twelve ways
द्वादशधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्वादशधा
स्पर्शःtouch (quality)
स्पर्शः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्पर्श
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वायव्यःpertaining to wind/air
वायव्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवायव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुणःquality
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said, is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvāja
V
Vāyu (wind/air principle)

Educational Q&A

The verse classifies tactile experience (sparśa) as a set of distinct qualities and states that, in this teaching context, these are specifically attributed to the air principle (vāyavya guṇa). It presents a systematic, analytical way of understanding sensation by enumerating its modes.

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja is explaining a philosophical taxonomy of qualities. Here he continues an enumeration, stating that touch connected with Vāyu is described as twelvefold, listing representative tactile opposites such as rough/soft, light/heavy, and related experiential pairs.