Shloka 6
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
इन्द्रियाणि तु तान्याहुस्तेष्वदृश्यो5धितिष्ठति । तिष्ठती पुरुषे बुद्धिस्त्रिषु भावेषु वर्तते
indriyāṇi tu tāny āhus teṣv adṛśyo ’dhitiṣṭhati | tiṣṭhatī puruṣe buddhis triṣu bhāveṣu vartate ||
毗耶娑说：这些变异便称为诸根；而在诸根之中，不可见的真我为主宰而住。理智安住于此人（具身之我）之内，却在三种性相——萨埵、罗阇、怛摩——之间运作。此教旨指向内在的统摄：感官活动并非究竟的作者；微细之我为其根本，而心之辨别被三德所染，须加净化方能正行。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-operations are not the final controller; an unseen inner Self presides over them. Intellect (buddhi) resides in the embodied being but is influenced by the three guṇas, so ethical clarity requires cultivating sattva and reducing rajas and tamas.
In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa explains the inner constitution of a person—how senses, the unseen Self, and intellect relate—so that the listener can understand agency, restraint, and the basis for righteous conduct.