Shloka 326
Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)
ज्योतिः पश्यति रूपाणि रूप॑ च बहुधा स्मृतम् । शब्द, स्पर्श और रूप--ये अग्निके तीन गुण बताये जाते हैं। ज्योतिर्मय नेत्र रूपको देखते हैं। अग्निके प्रधान गुण रूपको भी अनेक प्रकारका माना गया है
jyotiḥ paśyati rūpāṇi rūpaṃ ca bahudhā smṛtam |
婆罗堕阇言：“光明（发光之理）能见诸色相；而‘色相’本身亦被认为有多种差别。”在此关于诸元素及其性质的教说中，所示者在于：认知依赖相应之根（此处为具光明性的眼根），而同一对象之性质——形色/相貌——可现多端，故当以持戒之辨慧加以分明，而非陷于纷乱。
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perception is faculty-specific: light (and the eye empowered by light) apprehends form, and the category of ‘form’ is not single but manifold—so one should analyze appearances with discernment rather than treat them as uniform.
In Shanti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Bharadvāja is explaining how sensory knowledge relates to elemental qualities, using the example that light enables seeing and that ‘form’ has many expressions.