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Shloka 25

अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः

The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex

मृण्मये भाजने पक्‍वे यथा वै न श्यति द्रव: । तथा शरीरं तपसा तप्तं विषयमश्लुते

mṛṇmaye bhājane pakve yathā vai na śyati dravaḥ | tathā śarīraṃ tapasā taptaṃ viṣayam aśnute |

Parāśara nói: “Như chất lỏng đặt trong chiếc bình đất nung chín kỹ thì không thấm rỉ ra và cũng không hư hoại, cũng vậy, thân vi tế được ‘nung’ bởi khổ hạnh trở nên vững bền và thích hợp: có thể thọ hưởng và kinh nghiệm các đối tượng của những cõi cao (cho đến Phạm thiên giới) mà không bị tan rã hay suy đồi.”

मृण्मयेin an earthen
मृण्मये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootमृण्मय
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भाजनेvessel, container
भाजने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभाजन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पक्वेbaked, fired
पक्वे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपक्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
श्यतिleaks, oozes
श्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootश्यै
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
द्रवःliquid
द्रवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्रव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाso, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तपसाby austerity, by penance
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
तप्तम्heated, made hot (by)
तप्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootतप्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विषयम्object (of experience), sense-object
विषयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविषय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अश्नुतेenjoys, experiences, attains
अश्नुते:
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

पराशर उवाच

P
Parāśara
E
earthen vessel (mṛṇmaya-bhājana)
L
liquid (drava)
T
tapas (austerity)

Educational Q&A

Tapas (disciplined austerity) ‘hardens’ and stabilizes the inner constitution—like firing a clay pot—so that one can bear and properly undergo experiences (even refined, higher-world enjoyments) without leakage, dissipation, or moral/spiritual spoilage.

Parāśara is instructing through an analogy: as a well-fired earthen vessel securely holds liquid, so a body refined by austerity becomes capable and steady, able to attain and experience objects of enjoyment in higher realms without being undone by them.