Shloka 113
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
ये जो बीस और सात गुण बताये गये हैं
viṁśatir daśa caiva hi guṇāḥ saṅkhyānataḥ smṛtāḥ | samagrā yatra vartate taccharīram iti smṛtam ||
Bhīṣma nói: “Vậy, theo phép liệt kê, người ta ghi nhớ là hai mươi và mười—tổng cộng ba mươi phẩm tính. Nơi nào tất cả chúng cùng hiện hữu trọn vẹn, nơi ấy theo truyền thống được gọi là ‘thân thể’.”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma defines the ‘body’ as an aggregate characterized by a complete set of enumerated qualities (guṇas). The emphasis is classificatory: what counts as ‘śarīra’ is that locus where the full set of these constituents is present together.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhīṣma continues a philosophical exposition using numerical enumeration. He concludes a list by stating that, taken together, they total thirty qualities, and he identifies their complete presence as the criterion for calling something a ‘body’.