Shloka 33
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषे च तीव्रगन्धसमन्विते । शुक्रशोणितसंघाते मज्जास्नायुपरिग्रहे
śleṣma-mūtra-purīṣe ca tīvra-gandha-samanvite | śukra-śoṇita-saṅghāte majjā-snāyu-parigrahe ||
毗湿摩说道：“有身之众生必须住在不净的器皿之中——充满痰、尿与粪，遍布刺鼻恶臭——它不过是精与血的聚合，又以髓与筋相系。既知此等受身之生何其可厌，当求至上之利：明了自我（Ātman），并学习经论所教、能令证得自我的诸般瑜伽修持。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse cultivates dispassion (vairāgya) by emphasizing the body’s impure, composite nature, urging the seeker to turn toward ātma-jñāna (knowledge of the Self) and śāstra-taught yogic disciplines as the true means to the highest good.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation-oriented wisdom. Here he describes the foul constituents of embodied existence to redirect the king’s attention from worldly attachment to spiritual practice and Self-realization.