Shloka 35

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

शब्दस्पर्शीं च विज्ञेयौ द्विगुणो वायुरित्युत

Transliteration

śabdasparśīṁ ca vijñeyau dviguṇo vāyur ity uta

Translation

شبد (آواز) اور سپرش (لمس)—یہ دونوں (ہوا کے) اوصاف ہیں؛ اسی لیے عنصرِ ہوا کو دو گُن والا کہا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• शब्दस्पर्शी: having (the qualities of) sound and touch
• शब्दस्पर्शी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शब्दस्पर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विज्ञेयौ: to be known / should be understood
• विज्ञेयौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• द्विगुणः: twofold / having two qualities
• द्विगुणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विगुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वायुः: wind; air (element)
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उत: also / moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• Vāyu (the wind/air element)
• Śabda (sound)
• Sparśa (touch)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse states a principle of elemental analysis: the air element (vāyu) is characterized by two sensory qualities—sound (śabda) and touch (sparśa). This supports a broader ethical-spiritual aim in Śānti Parva: cultivating discriminative knowledge (viveka) about the constituents of experience to loosen attachment and clarify the path of dharma through self-knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bharadvāja is presenting a doctrinal explanation of the elements and their properties. This line specifically identifies the defining qualities attributed to vāyu, as part of a systematic teaching on how the world and the senses are constituted.