Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
एष षडिधविस्तारो रसो वारिमयः स्मृतः । शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपश्च त्रिगुणं ज्योतिरुच्यते ॥ ८६ ॥
eṣa ṣaḍidhavistāro raso vārimayaḥ smṛtaḥ | śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaśca triguṇaṃ jyotirucyate || 86 ||
یہ رس پانی کی ماہیت والا سمجھا گیا ہے اور اس کی وسعت چھ قسم کی کہی گئی ہے۔ اور آواز، لمس اور روپ—یہ تین گُن جیوति (آگ کے تत्त्व) کے بتائے گئے ہیں۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
It trains the mind in tattva-viveka (discrimination of principles): recognizing how sense-objects and elemental qualities arise helps loosen identification with the body and supports liberation-oriented knowledge (moksha-dharma).
By clarifying that sensory qualities belong to changing elements, the verse encourages vairāgya (detachment); this steadies the heart so devotion can be directed toward the unchanging Supreme rather than toward sense-experience.
While not a direct Vedāṅga lesson, it reflects the technical, Sāṅkhya-like mapping of guṇas/qualities used in Vedic philosophical instruction—useful as a conceptual foundation for ritual and contemplative disciplines.