Shloka 21
कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः
The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors
अतो गुह्ुतरार्थ तदध्यात्ममतिमानुषम् | यत् तन्महर्षिभिदर्दृष्ट वेदान्तेषु च गीयते
ato guhūtarārtha tad adhyātmamatimānuṣam | yat tan maharṣibhir dṛṣṭaṃ vedānteṣu ca gīyate || yat tu santāpasaṃyuktaṃ kāye manasi vā bhavet | pravṛttaṃ raja ity evaṃ tatra cāpy upalakṣayet ||
Wika ni Vyāsa: Kaya, ayon sa iyong tanong, ituturo ko ang higit pang nakatago at mas maselang karunungan tungkol sa Sarili—isang kaalamang lampas sa karaniwang tao, na tuwirang natanto ng mga dakilang rishi at inaawit sa Vedānta, ang mga Upaniṣad. At kapag may lumitaw na paghihirap na tila nag-aapoy o pagkabalisa sa katawan o sa isip, kilalanin na roon ay gumagana ang rajas—ang katangian ng pagnanasa at pagkabalisa.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vyāsa frames his instruction as a deeper adhyātma (inner, Self-oriented) doctrine validated by seers and echoed in the Upaniṣads, then gives a practical diagnostic: distressful agitation in body or mind is a sign that rajas—the restless, passionate guṇa—has become active.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa responds to a questioner by promising a more esoteric spiritual teaching and immediately begins explaining how to recognize the play of the guṇas in lived experience, starting with the mark of rajas.