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Shloka 19

अग्निनाम-प्रादुर्भावः प्रायश्चित्त-विधानं च

Agni’s Epithets, Manifestations, and Expiation Procedures

षष्ठस्तु चेतना नाम मन इत्यभिधीयते । सप्तमी तु भवेद्‌ बुद्धिरहंकारस्तत: परम्‌,इन पाँच भूतोंके अतिरिक्त छठा तत्त्व है चित्त; इसीको मन कहते हैं। सातवाँ तत्त्व बुद्धि है और उसके बाद आठवाँ अहंकार है

ṣaṣṭhas tu cetanā nāma mana ity abhidhīyate | saptamī tu bhaved buddhir ahaṃkāras tataḥ param ||

พรานกล่าวว่า “พ้นจากมหาภูตทั้งห้าแล้ว หลักที่หกชื่อว่า เจตนา ซึ่งเรียกว่า ‘มโน’ หลักที่เจ็ดคือ ‘พุทธิ’ และถัดไปคือ ‘อหังการ’”

षष्ठःthe sixth
षष्ठः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
चेतनाconsciousness
चेतना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचेतना
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name/called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
अभिधीयतेis called/denoted
अभिधीयते:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-धा
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
सप्तमीthe seventh (principle)
सप्तमी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तमी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुand/but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
भवेत्would be/is (as a definition)
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
बुद्धिःintellect
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अहंकारःego-sense
अहंकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहंकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःthereafter/after that
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
परम्the next/supreme (here: the next one)
परम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

व्याध उवाच

V
vyādha (the hunter, speaker)
C
cetanā
M
manas
B
buddhi
A
ahaṃkāra
P
pañca-bhūta (five elements, implied)

Educational Q&A

It distinguishes inner principles beyond the five elements: mind (cetanā/manas), intellect (buddhi), and ego-sense (ahaṃkāra). Ethical clarity arises from seeing how these faculties condition desire, judgment, and the sense of ‘I’.

In the Vyādha’s instruction (often called the Vyādha-gītā section of Vana Parva), he explains philosophical categories to guide a listener toward right conduct, emphasizing self-understanding as a basis for dharma.