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Shloka 11

ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्

Description of the Path of Meditation

भरद्वाज उवाच यद्यग्निमारुतौ भूमि: खमापश्च शरीरिषु । जीव: किंलक्षणस्तत्रेत्येतदाचक्ष्व मेडनघ

bharadvāja uvāca | yady agni-mārutau bhūmiḥ khaṃ āpaś ca śarīriṣu | jīvaḥ kiṃ-lakṣaṇas tatrā ity etad ācakṣva medhānagha ||

بھاردواج نے کہا—اے بے گناہ مُنی! اگر جسم داروں کے بدن میں صرف آگ، ہوا، زمین، آکاش اور پانی ہی عناصر موجود ہیں، تو پھر وہاں بسنے والے جیو (روحِ حیات) کی امتیازی علامت کیا ہے؟ یہ مجھے بتائیے۔

भरद्वाजःBharadvaja
भरद्वाजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभरद्वाज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
अग्नि-मारुतौfire and wind
अग्नि-मारुतौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि + मारुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
भूमिःearth
भूमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
खम्space/ether
खम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Root
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
आपःwaters
आपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शरीरिषुin embodied beings (in those having bodies)
शरीरिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीरिन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
जीवःthe living self (jiva)
जीवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
किम्what
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
लक्षणःhaving the characteristic (of)
लक्षणः:
TypeAdjective
Rootलक्षण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्रthere/in that (context)
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आचक्ष्वtell/explain
आचक्ष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-चक्ष्
FormImperative, Second, Singular
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
अनघO sinless one
अनघ:
TypeNoun
Rootअनघ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvāja
J
jīva (individual self)
P
pañca-mahābhūta (fire, wind, earth, space, water)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a classical inquiry of Indian philosophy: if the body is merely a compound of the five great elements, then the jīva must be known by a distinct sign or function beyond material constituents. It sets up the need to distinguish consciousness/self from elemental matter.

In the Shānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, the sage Bharadvāja questions a revered, ‘sinless’ interlocutor about the nature and identifying mark of the indwelling self (jīva) within embodied beings, given that the body appears to be only elemental.