Shloka 13
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
राजसैस्तामसैर्भावैर्युतो हेतुबलान्वित: । क्षेत्रज्ञगेवानुयाति पांसुर्वातेरितो यथा
rājasais tāmasair bhāvair yuto hetubalānvitāḥ | kṣetrajñagevānuyāti pāṁsur vāterito yathā ||
毗湿摩说道：“具足罗阇斯与怛摩斯之性，由因业之力所驱，微细身随逐田知者（kṣetrajña，个体我）而行，迁入另一粗身；犹如尘土为风所扬，随风从此处被携至彼处。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rebirth is propelled by the momentum of causes—especially rajasic and tamasic dispositions and karmic impulses—so that the subtle body continues with the individual self into a new embodiment, unless purified and transcended.
In Bhishma’s instruction in the Shanti Parva, he explains the mechanism of transmigration: the jīva, accompanied by the subtle body shaped by the guṇas, moves from one gross body to another, illustrated through the image of dust carried by wind.