Shloka 231
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
यदा न रूप॑ न स्पर्शो नोष्मभावश्नल पञज्चके । तदा शान्ते शरीराग्नौ देहत्यागे न नश्यति
yadā na rūpaṃ na sparśo noṣmabhāvaś ca pañcake | tadā śānte śarīrāgnau dehatyāge na naśyati ||
婆罗陀婆阇说道：“当在身受之五重聚合中，不复有色相，不复有触觉，亦不复有热；当身火寂然之时——于舍身之刹那，真我不灭。此教旨昭示：死亡只是身体及其感受的状态转变，并非毁灭那恒常不变、见证诸感受的持久原则。”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that when bodily sensations and vital heat cease and the body’s sustaining fire is pacified, the abandonment of the body does not imply the destruction of the self; what ends is the bodily apparatus, not the imperishable witness.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bharadvāja is presenting a doctrinal explanation about death and the relation between the body’s sensory functions and the enduring self, emphasizing non-perishing at the time of dehatyāga.