Shloka 9
Adhyātma-nirdeśa
Definition of Adhyātma): Mahābhūtas, Indriyas, Guṇas, and the Witness (Kṣetrajña
व्याधिव्रणपरिक्लेशैमेंदिनी चैव शीर्यते । पीडिते<न्यतरे होषां संघातो याति पठचधा
vyādhi-vraṇa-parikleśair medinī caiva śīryate | pīḍite 'nyatare hoṣāṃ saṃghāto yāti pañcatāṃ ||
Wika ni Bharadvāja: “Sa pamamagitan ng mga sakit, sugat, at iba pang pagdurusa, ang sangkap na ‘lupa’ sa katawan ay nauupos at nagkakawatak-watak. Kapag napinsala kahit isa sa limang elementong ito, ang buong tipon ng katawan ay guguho at aabot sa ‘pañcatva’—pagkalusaw pabalik sa limang elemento.”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The body is a fragile composite of the five elements; when even one element is seriously impaired by disease, wounds, or affliction, the whole organism breaks down, reminding one to cultivate detachment and right understanding of mortality.
Bharadvāja is explaining, in an analytical and reflective mode typical of Śānti Parva, how physical suffering disrupts the elemental balance of the body and leads inevitably to death—‘returning to the five’ (pañcatva).