Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.261
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12.261.1
भूतानां गुणसङ्ख्यानं भूयः पुत्र निशामय ।
द्वैपायनमुखाद्धष्टं श्लाघया परयाऽनघ ॥ १२.२६१.१ ॥
Bhīṣma said: Son, listen again to the enumeration of the qualities of beings, which I heard with supreme delight from the mouth of Dvaipāyana, O sinless one.
12.261.2
दीप्तानलनिभः प्राह भगवान्धूमवत्सलः ।
ततोऽहमपि वक्ष्यामि भूयः पुत्र निदर्शनम् ॥ १२.२६१.२ ॥
Bhīṣma said: The blessed one, who is like a blazing fire and fond of smoke, spoke. Therefore, son, I too will explain again with illustrations.
12.261.3
भूमेः स्थैर्यं गुरुत्वं च काठिन्यं प्रसवात्मता ।
गन्धो भारश्च शक्तिश्च संघातः स्थापना धृतिः ॥ १२.२६१.३ ॥
The qualities of earth are: firmness, heaviness, hardness, the nature of generating, smell, weight, power, cohesion, support and holding.
12.261.4
अपां शैत्यं रसः क्लेदो द्रवत्वं स्नेहसौम्यता ।
जिह्वाविस्यन्दनं चापि भौमानां श्रपणं तथा ॥ १२.२६१.४ ॥
The qualities of water are: coolness, taste, moisture, fluidity, unctuousness and gentleness; wetting the tongue, and likewise ripening earthly things.
12.261.5
अग्नेर्दुर्धर्षता ज्योतिस्तापः पाकः प्रकाशनम् ।
शौचं रागो लघुस्तैक्ष्ण्यं सततं चोर्ध्वभागिता ॥ १२.२६१.५ ॥
The qualities of fire are: invincibility, light, heat, cooking, illumination, purity, redness, lightness, sharpness, and a constant tendency to rise upward.
12.261.6
वायोरनियमस्पर्शो वादस्थानं स्वतन्त्रता ।
बलं शैध्यं च मोक्षं च कर्म चेष्टात्मता भवः ॥ १२.२६१.६ ॥
The qualities of wind are: irregular touch, the seat of sound, independence, strength, swiftness, release, action, the nature of motion, and origin.
12.261.7
आकाशस्य गुणः शब्दो व्यापित्वं छिद्रताऽपि च ।
अनाश्रयमनालम्बमव्यक्तमविकारिता ॥ १२.२६१.७ ॥
The quality of space is sound, along with pervasiveness and porosity; it is without support, without prop, unmanifest, and unchanging.
12.261.8
अप्रतीघातिता चैव श्रोतत्वं विवराणि च ।
गुणाः पञ्चाशतं प्रोक्ताः पञ्चभूतविभाविताः ॥ १२.२६१.८ ॥
Non-obstruction, the faculty of hearing, and cavities as well; these fifty qualities, manifested through the five elements, have been declared.
12.261.9
फलोपपत्तिर्व्यक्तिश्च विसर्गः कल्पना क्षमा ।
सदसच्चाशुता चैव मनसो नव वै गुणाः ॥ १२.२६१.९ ॥
Attainment of results, manifestation, emission, imagination, patience, the existent and non-existent, and swiftness: these are the nine qualities of the mind.
12.261.10
इष्टानिष्टविपत्तिश्च व्यवसायः समाधिता ।
संशयः प्रतिपत्तिश्च बुद्धेः पञ्च गुणान्विदुः ॥ १२.२६१.१० ॥
The mishap of the desired and undesired, determination, concentration, doubt, and understanding: these are known as the five qualities of the intellect.
12.261.11
कथं पञ्चगुणा बुद्धिः कथं पञ्चेन्द्रिया गुणाः ।
एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व सूक्ष्मज्ञानं पितामह ॥ १२.२६१.११ ॥
How is the intellect of five qualities, and how are the qualities of the five senses? Grandsire, explain all of this to me in its subtle knowledge.
12.261.12
आहुः षष्टिं भूतगुणान्वै ।
भूतविषक्तान्प्रकृतिविसृष्टान्।
नित्यविषक्तांश्चाक्षरसृष्टा ।
न्पुत्र न नित्यं तदिह वदन्ति ॥ १२.२६१.१२ ॥
They speak of sixty qualities of the elements: attached to the elements, emitted from primal nature, eternally attached, and created by the imperishable. Son, these are not said here to be eternal.
12.261.13
तत्पुत्रचिन्ताकलिलं तदुक्त ।
मनागतं वै तव संप्रतीह।
भूतार्थवत्त्वं तदवाप्य सर्वं ।
भूतप्रभावाद्भव शान्तबुद्धिः ॥ १२.२६१.१३ ॥
Troubled by anxiety about children, it was said of that. Now here, a little of what is yet to come has arrived for you. Having attained the meaningful state of beings, become one whose mind is calm through the power of beings.