Shloka 13
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
राजसैस्तामसैर्भावैर्युतो हेतुबलान्वित: । क्षेत्रज्ञगेवानुयाति पांसुर्वातेरितो यथा
rājasais tāmasair bhāvair yuto hetubalānvitāḥ | kṣetrajñagevānuyāti pāṁsur vāterito yathā ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Taglay ang mga hilig na rajasa at tamasa, at itinutulak ng lakas ng mga sanhi at udyok, ang maselang katawan ay sumusunod sa kṣetrajña (ang nakaaalam ng ‘bukirin’, ang indibidwal na sarili) at lumilipat sa ibang magaspang na katawan—gaya ng alikabok na inihahagis ng hangin at dinadala mula sa isang dako tungo sa iba.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rebirth is propelled by the momentum of causes—especially rajasic and tamasic dispositions and karmic impulses—so that the subtle body continues with the individual self into a new embodiment, unless purified and transcended.
In Bhishma’s instruction in the Shanti Parva, he explains the mechanism of transmigration: the jīva, accompanied by the subtle body shaped by the guṇas, moves from one gross body to another, illustrated through the image of dust carried by wind.