Shloka 10
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
यत्र खं तत्र पवनस्तत्राग्निर्यत्र मारुत: । अमूर्तयस्ते विज्ञेया मूर्तिमन्तः शरीरिणाम्
yatra khaṃ tatra pavanastatrāgnir yatra mārutaḥ | amūrtayas te vijñeyā mūrtimantaḥ śarīriṇām ||
婆罗堕阇说道：“凡有虚空之处，风即安住其间；凡有风之处，火亦随之而在。此三种原理本自无形，然当它们寓于有身众生之内，便当知其呈现为可显之身相——由此可见，微细之元素藉由活体而起作用，并为人所觉知。”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Subtle elements like space, wind, and fire are inherently formless, yet in embodied life they function in a tangible way—wind as movement/breath, fire as heat and digestion, and space as the inner ‘room’ that allows bodily processes—so the unseen becomes knowable through its effects in the body.
In a Shanti Parva discourse on knowledge of the self and the constituents of embodied existence, Bharadvāja explains the interrelation of elements and how they are present within living beings, guiding the listener toward a more discriminating understanding of body versus subtle principles.