Shloka 25
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
यो हायं मयि संघातो मर्त्यत्वे पाउ्चभौतिक: । अस्य मे जननी हेतु: पावकस्य यथारणि:,“मेरे लिये जो यह पाउ्चभौतिक मनुष्यशरीर मिला है, इसके उत्पन्न होनेमें मेरी माता ही मुख्य हेतु है। जैसे अग्निके प्रकट होनेका मुख्य आधार अरणी-काष्ठ है
yo hāyaṁ mayi saṅghāto martyatve pāñcabhautikaḥ | asya me jananī hetuḥ pāvakasya yathāraṇiḥ ||
กายสังขารที่เราได้มาในชีวิตมนุษย์นี้ อันประกอบด้วยธาตุทั้งห้า มีมารดาเป็นเหตุปัจจัยสำคัญ—ดุจไฟที่ปรากฏขึ้นโดยอาศัยอรณี (ไม้ก่อไฟ) เป็นหลัก
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma highlights causal dependence and ethical gratitude: the mortal body is a composite of the five elements, yet its immediate, primary instrumental cause is one’s mother—just as fire, though latent, becomes manifest through the araṇi. The verse encourages recognition of origins and reverence toward the mother as a foundational cause of embodied life.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right understanding, Bhishma speaks reflectively about embodiment and causation. He uses a familiar Vedic image—kindling fire with araṇi—to explain how his own physical existence in mortal life is chiefly attributable to his mother as the proximate cause.