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Shloka 33

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषे च तीव्रगन्धसमन्विते । शुक्रशोणितसंघाते मज्जास्नायुपरिग्रहे

śleṣma-mūtra-purīṣe ca tīvra-gandha-samanvite | śukra-śoṇita-saṅghāte majjā-snāyu-parigrahe ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Chúng sinh mang thân phải trú trong một ‘vật chứa’ bất tịnh—đầy đờm, nước tiểu và phân, nồng mùi hôi gắt—chỉ do sự tụ hợp của tinh và huyết mà thành, lại bị ràng buộc bởi tủy và gân. Biết rõ điều ghê tởm của sự thọ sinh có thân ấy, người ta nên mưu cầu lợi ích tối thượng: hiểu Chân Ngã và học các pháp tu yoga do śāstra chỉ dạy để đạt đến.”

श्लेष्मin phlegm
श्लेष्म:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्लेष्मन्
FormMasculine/Neuter (usage varies), Locative, Singular
मूत्रin urine
मूत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमूत्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पुरीषेin feces
पुरीषे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरीष
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तीव्रstrong, intense
तीव्र:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootतीव्र
FormMasculine/Neuter (agreeing with गन्ध), Instrumental, Singular
गन्धodor
गन्ध:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
समन्वितेendowed/filled with
समन्विते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-√इ (समन्वि) + क्त (समन्वित)
FormNeuter (agreeing with implied स्थान/गर्भाशय/देह etc.), Locative, Singular
शुक्रsemen
शुक्र:
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र
FormNeuter, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular
शोणितblood
शोणित:
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular
संघातेin the mass/aggregate
संघाते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंघात
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
मज्जाmarrow
मज्जा:
TypeNoun
Rootमज्जा
FormFeminine, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular
स्नायुsinew/ligament
स्नायु:
TypeNoun
Rootस्नायु
FormMasculine, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular
परिग्रहेin the enclosure/collection
परिग्रहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपरिग्रह
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

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Educational Q&A

The verse cultivates dispassion (vairāgya) by emphasizing the body’s impure, composite nature, urging the seeker to turn toward ātma-jñāna (knowledge of the Self) and śāstra-taught yogic disciplines as the true means to the highest good.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation-oriented wisdom. Here he describes the foul constituents of embodied existence to redirect the king’s attention from worldly attachment to spiritual practice and Self-realization.