Shloka 15
अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः
Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas
एवं सप्तदशं देहे वृतं षोडशभिग्गुणै: । मनीषी मनसा विप्र: पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि
evaṁ saptadaśaṁ dehe vṛtaṁ ṣoḍaśabhir guṇaiḥ | manīṣī manasā vipraḥ paśyaty ātmānam ātmani ||
毗耶娑说：因此，在此身中，第十七原理——至上之我——为十六种成分所覆蔽。然而具辨慧的婆罗门，凭借心与洞见之力，于内在之我中观见自我。此教示强调：伦理与灵性的澄明并非仅由外在仪式而来，而在于向内的辨察，穿透感官、气息与心行之覆障，证悟内住的真实。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme Self (counted as the seventeenth) is present within the body but is obscured by sixteen covering constituents (such as senses, objects, mind, vital airs, and individuality). Through disciplined inner discernment, the wise person realizes the Self within, moving from outward identification to inward knowledge.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa continues a doctrinal exposition: he explains how the embodied being fails to recognize the indwelling Self due to layers of psycho-physical factors, and how a discerning brāhmaṇa can directly perceive that Self through inner contemplation.