Shloka 33

हानिभड़विकल्पानां नवानां संचयेन च | शरीराणामजस्याहु्सत्वं पारदर्शिन:,पारदर्शी (तत्त्वज्ञानी) पुरुष परिणाममें हानि, भंग एवं विकल्पसे युक्त नवीन शरीरोंको बारंबार ग्रहण करनेके कारण अजन्मा परमात्माके अंशभूत जीवात्माको “हंस” कहते हैं

hāni-bhaṅga-vikalpānāṁ navānāṁ sañcayena ca | śarīrāṇām ajasyāhuḥ sattvaṁ pāradarśinaḥ ||

ویاس نے کہا—چونکہ نقصان، شکست و تبدیلی سے وابستہ ہمیشہ نئے بدن بار بار جمع ہوتے رہتے ہیں، اس لیے حقیقت بین رشی کہتے ہیں کہ اَجنما پرماتما کے جزوِ وجود جیو کی جو خالص حقیقت ہے اسے ‘ہنس’ کہا جاتا ہے—وہ بدلتے ہوئے اجسام میں سے گزرتا ہے مگر خود پیدا نہیں ہوتا۔

हानिof loss/decay
हानि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहानि
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
भङ्गof breaking/dissolution
भङ्ग:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभङ्ग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
विकल्पानाम्of changes/alternations
विकल्पानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविकल्प
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
नवानाम्of new (ones)
नवानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनव
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
सञ्चयेनby accumulation/collection
सञ्चयेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसञ्चय
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शरीराणाम्of bodies
शरीराणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
अजस्यof the unborn (one)
अजस्य:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootअज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
आहुःthey say/call
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सत्त्वम्the being/essence (living entity)
सत्त्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पारदर्शिनःthe seers of truth
पारदर्शिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपारदर्शिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
H
haṁsa
J
jīva (implied)
P
Paramātman (implied)
Ś
śarīra (body)

Educational Q&A

The verse contrasts the perishable body—marked by loss, dissolution, and continual modification—with the unborn inner principle. Because the inner Self repeatedly associates with new bodies in saṁsāra, the wise describe its essential purity as ‘haṁsa’, pointing to a reality that remains unstained amid changing embodiments.

In Śānti Parva’s reflective instruction, Vyāsa articulates a philosophical explanation of embodiment and rebirth. He reports the view of pāradarśin (truth-seeing) sages: bodies are repeatedly taken up and discarded, while the unborn Self’s true nature is identified through the symbolic term ‘haṁsa’.