Shloka 12

Devanagari script

प्राण: स्पर्शश्व॒ चेष्टा च वायोरेते गुणा: स्मृता: । इति सर्वगुणा राजन्‌ व्याख्याता: पाड्चभौतिका:,प्राण, स्पर्श और चेष्टा--ये तीनों वायुके गुण बताये गये हैं। राजन्‌! इस प्रकार मैंने समस्त पाञ्चभौतिक गुणोंकी व्याख्या कर दी

Transliteration

prāṇaḥ sparśaś ca ceṣṭā ca vāyor ete guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ | iti sarvaguṇā rājan vyākhyātāḥ pāñcabhautikāḥ ||

Translation

پران، لمس (اسپرش) اور چیشٹا (حرکت/کوشش)—یہ تینوں وायु (ہوا) کی صفات یاد کی گئی ہیں۔ اے راجن! یوں میں نے پانچ بھوتوں سے متعلق تمام اوصاف کی توضیح کر دی۔

Word by Word

प्राणःvital breath

स्पर्शःtouch

चand

चेष्टाactivity; motion

चand

वायोःof wind (Vāyu)

एतेthese

गुणाःqualities

स्मृताःare said/remembered (as)

इतिthus

सर्वगुणाःall qualities

राजन्O king

व्याख्याताःexplained

पाञ्चभौतिकाःpertaining to the five elements

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira (Rājan)

Vāyu

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse identifies the defining qualities of the wind-element—vital breath (prāṇa), touch (sparśa), and motion (ceṣṭā)—and concludes a systematic exposition of the qualities of the five great elements (pañcabhūta).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira in philosophical analysis of nature and the elements; here he specifies Vāyu’s attributes and states that the full elemental account has been completed.