Shloka 19
Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman
Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें उन्नीयवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
ghrāṇaṁ jihvā ca cakṣuṣ tvak ca śrotraṁ ca pañcamam | mano buddhis ca sapta etā jihvā vaiśvānarārcīṣaḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Ang ilong, dila, mga mata, balat, at bilang ikalima ang tainga—kasama ang isip at talino—ang pitong ito ang mga dila ng apoy (mga liyab) ng Vaiśvānara. Ang samyo na aamuyin, anyo na makikita, lasa na titikman, bagay na mahahawakan, tunog na maririnig; at gayundin ang pagninilay ng isip at ang pag-unawa ng talino—ang pitong ito ang mga panggatong na handog na nagpapakain sa panloob na Vaiśvānara.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reframes human experience as an inner sacrificial fire (Vaiśvānara): the sense-faculties plus mind and intellect are its ‘flames,’ and their respective objects are the ‘fuel.’ Ethically, it points to disciplined engagement with sense-objects—offering them rightly rather than being consumed by them.
In the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva, Vāyudeva teaches a contemplative doctrine using Vedic sacrificial imagery, explaining the body-mind system as a sacred fire and mapping faculties and objects onto ritual elements.