Shloka 44
Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)
आपोडग्निर्मारुतश्वैव नित्यं जाग्रति देहिषु । मूलमेते शरीरस्य व्याप्य प्राणानिह स्थिता:
āpo 'gnir mārutaś caiva nityaṁ jāgrati dehiṣu | mūlam ete śarīrasya vyāpya prāṇān iha sthitāḥ ||
婆罗陀婆阇说道：“水、火与风，常在有身者之内警醒不息。此三者即为身之根本；遍入诸命息（prāṇa），安住于此生身之中。”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that fundamental elemental principles—water, fire, and wind—are continuously active within living beings and function as the body’s foundation by permeating and sustaining the prāṇas (vital forces).
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Bharadvāja explains the inner constitution of embodied life, describing how elemental forces remain ever operative in the body and uphold vitality through the prāṇas.