Shloka 5
Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)
इत्येतै: पञ्चभि र्भूतैर्युक्ते स्थावरजजड्भमम् । श्रोत्रं ग्राणं रस: स्पर्शो दृशटिश्रेन्द्रियसंज्ञिता:
ity etaiḥ pañcabhir bhūtair yukte sthāvarajaṅgamaṁ jagat | śrotraṁ ghrāṇaṁ rasaḥ sparśo dṛṣṭiś cendriya-saṁjñitāḥ ||
婆罗堕阇说道：“因此，整个世界——无论不动者与动者——皆由此五大构成。由其微细之分，生起所谓五根：耳（闻）、鼻（嗅）、舌（味）、身（触）、眼（见）。”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
All embodied experience is grounded in the five great elements, and the sense-faculties arise from the subtle aspects of those elements; understanding this supports discernment between the material constituents and the knowing self.
In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja explains a cosmological-psychological framework: the world (moving and unmoving) is made of five elements, and the five senses are derived from their subtle portions.