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Shloka 1073

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

गुणस्त्वेवापरस्तत्र संघात इव षोडश: । राजन्‌! उस अहंकारमें वासना नामक एक गुण और माना गया है, जो पंद्रहवाँ है। वहाँ पृथक्‌ू-पृथक्‌ कलाओंके समूहकी जो समग्रता है, वह एक अन्य गुण है। वह संघातकी भाँति यहाँ सोलहवाँ कहा जाता है

guṇas tvevāparastatra saṅghāta iva ṣoḍaśaḥ | rājan! asau ahaṅkāre vāsanā nāmaka eka guṇaś ca mānyate, yaḥ pañcadaśaḥ | tatra pṛthak-pṛthak-kalā-samūhasya yā samagratā, sā anya guṇaḥ | sa saṅghāta-vad iha ṣoḍaśaḥ kathyate ||

اے راجن! اس اہنکار کے اصول میں ‘واسنا’ نام کی ایک اور صفت بھی مانی گئی ہے؛ وہ پندرہویں ہے۔ پھر جدا جدا اجزاء/کلاؤں کے مجموعے سے جو کلیت پیدا ہوتی ہے، وہ بھی ایک اور صفت ہے؛ اور اسے یہاں، ایک مرکب اجتماع (سنگھات) کی مانند، سولہواں کہا گیا ہے۔

गुणःa quality; guṇa
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut; however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अपरःanother; different
अपरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्रthere; in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
संघातःaggregation; collection; totality
संघातः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंघात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike; as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
षोडशःsixteenth
षोडशः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootषोडश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
R
Rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
A
ahaṅkāra
V
vāsanā
S
saṅghāta

Educational Q&A

The passage refines a philosophical enumeration by adding two subtle points: (1) vāsanā—latent impressions that shape behavior—operates within egoity and must be counted; and (2) beyond separate parts, their integrated total (saṅghāta) is also a real explanatory category. Ethical self-mastery therefore requires attention not only to visible faculties but also to hidden habits and the way they combine into a unified personality.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation-oriented philosophy. Here he is explaining a technical framework of constituents (guṇas/tattvas), clarifying that vāsanā is counted as the fifteenth and the aggregate-whole (saṅghāta-like totality) as the sixteenth.