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Shloka 37

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

तथा खरो मृदू रूक्षो लघुर्गुरुतरोडपि च | एवं द्वादशधा स्पर्शों वायव्यो गुण उच्यते

tathā kharo mṛdu rūkṣo laghur gurutaro 'pi ca | evaṃ dvādaśadhā sparśo vāyavyo guṇa ucyate ||

Bharadvāja nói: “Cũng vậy, xúc chạm được mô tả là mười hai phần liên hệ với yếu tố gió (Vāyu): thô và mềm; khô; nhẹ và nặng (thậm chí cực nặng); và cũng thế, nóng và lạnh, lạc và khổ, nhuận trơn và trong sáng. Như vậy là mười hai phẩm tính xúc chạm gắn với Vāyu được tuyên dạy.”

तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
खरःrough
खरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootखर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मृदुःsoft
मृदुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमृदु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रूक्षःdry, rough
रूक्षः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरूक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लघुःlight
लघुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootलघु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुरुतरःheavier
गुरुतरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुरुतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
द्वादशधाin twelve ways
द्वादशधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्वादशधा
स्पर्शःtouch (quality)
स्पर्शः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्पर्श
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वायव्यःpertaining to wind/air
वायव्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवायव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुणःquality
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said, is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvāja
V
Vāyu (wind/air principle)

Educational Q&A

The verse classifies tactile experience (sparśa) as a set of distinct qualities and states that, in this teaching context, these are specifically attributed to the air principle (vāyavya guṇa). It presents a systematic, analytical way of understanding sensation by enumerating its modes.

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja is explaining a philosophical taxonomy of qualities. Here he continues an enumeration, stating that touch connected with Vāyu is described as twelvefold, listing representative tactile opposites such as rough/soft, light/heavy, and related experiential pairs.