Shloka 32
Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)
एष षड्विधविस्तारो रसो वारिमय: स्मृत: । शब्द: स्पर्शश्ष॒ रूप॑ं च त्रिगुणं ज्योतिरुच्यते
bharadvāja uvāca | eṣa ṣaḍvidha-vistāro raso vārimayaḥ smṛtaḥ | śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca triguṇaṃ jyotir ucyate ||
婆罗堕阇说道：“此‘味’被忆念为六种展开，且其性属水。声、触与色相，则被说为属于光明；而光明由三种古那（guṇa）所成。”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse maps sense-objects to elemental principles: taste is characterized as watery and diversified, while sound, touch, and form are associated with the luminous principle (jyotis/tejas) described as operating through the three guṇas. It reflects a cosmological-psychological analysis used for discernment and detachment.
In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja is explaining a philosophical account of how sensory qualities and elements relate, using traditional categories (rasa, śabda, sparśa, rūpa; water and light; the three guṇas) to instruct about the constitution of experience and the world.