Shloka 15
अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः
Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas
एवं सप्तदशं देहे वृतं षोडशभिग्गुणै: । मनीषी मनसा विप्र: पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि
evaṁ saptadaśaṁ dehe vṛtaṁ ṣoḍaśabhir guṇaiḥ | manīṣī manasā vipraḥ paśyaty ātmānam ātmani ||
Sinabi ni Vyāsa: Kaya sa loob ng katawang ito, ang ikalabimpitong prinsipyo—ang Kataas-taasang Sarili—ay natatakpan ng labing-anim na sangkap. Gayunman, ang brāhmaṇa na may pag-unawa, sa lakas ng isip at matalas na pagtanaw, ay namamasdan ang Sarili sa loob ng panloob na sarili. Itinatampok ng aral na ang linaw na etikal at espirituwal ay hindi nagmumula sa panlabas na ritwal lamang, kundi sa panloob na pagkilatis na tumatagos sa mga tabing ng pandama, hininga, at galaw ng isip upang makilala ang nananahang katotohanan.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme Self (counted as the seventeenth) is present within the body but is obscured by sixteen covering constituents (such as senses, objects, mind, vital airs, and individuality). Through disciplined inner discernment, the wise person realizes the Self within, moving from outward identification to inward knowledge.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa continues a doctrinal exposition: he explains how the embodied being fails to recognize the indwelling Self due to layers of psycho-physical factors, and how a discerning brāhmaṇa can directly perceive that Self through inner contemplation.