Shloka 9
अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः
Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas
कर्णो त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्नला नासिका चैव पञठचमी । दर्शनीयेन्द्रियोक्तानि द्वाराण्याहारसिद्धये,दोनों कान, त्वचा, दोनों नेत्र, जिह्ला और पाँचवीं नासिका--ये पाँच ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ हैं। इन्हें विषयानुभवका द्वार बतलाया गया है
karṇau tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī | darśanīyendriyoktāni dvārāṇy āhārasiddhaye ||
دونوں کان، جلد، دونوں آنکھیں، زبان اور پانچویں ناک—یہ پانچ معرفتی حواس ہیں۔ انہیں ہی موضوعات کے تجربے کے دروازے کہا گیا ہے۔
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the five jñānendriyas (cognitive senses)—hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell—and frames them as ‘doors’ through which the world’s objects enter experience. Ethically, it supports the Shānti Parva’s broader emphasis that discipline and discernment begin with understanding and regulating these gateways.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa is explaining a psychological/ethical model of human experience: how perception occurs through the senses and why recognizing them as channels (rather than the Self) is important for restraint, clarity, and right conduct.