Shloka 18
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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चित्तमिन्द्रियसंघातं मनो बुद्धिस्तथाष्टमी । अष्टौ ज्ञानेन्द्रियाण्याहुरेतान्यध्यात्मचिन्तका:
cittam indriyasaṅghātaṁ mano buddhis tathāṣṭamī | aṣṭau jñānendriyāṇy āhur etāny adhyātmacintakāḥ ||
阿悉多说：观照自我真理者宣说：此等名为“知之诸根”——心质（citta）、诸根之聚、意（manas），以及第八者慧（buddhi）。在此教法中，内在机能与外在诸根并列计数，强调伦理之澄明与解脱，系于对认知器具的调御与主宰。
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that true knowledge involves not only the external senses but also the inner instruments—citta, manas, and buddhi. Spiritual contemplatives classify these together as ‘organs of knowing,’ implying that liberation and ethical steadiness require disciplining and clarifying the inner faculties that interpret and judge experience.
In the Moksha-oriented discourse of the Śānti Parva, the sage Asita is explaining an adhyātma framework: he enumerates the cognitive instruments recognized by contemplatives. The discussion is doctrinal rather than event-driven, aiming to guide the listener toward self-understanding and inner restraint.