Muni's PlayTattvabodha - Verse 3.2
Sanskrit
सूक्ष्मशरीरं किम् ? अपञ्चीकृतपञ्चमहाभूतैः कृतं सत्कर्मजन्यं सुखदुःखादिभोगसाधनं पञ्चज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि पञ्चकर्मेन्द्रियाणि पञ्चप्राणादयः मनश्चैकं बुद्धिश्चैका एवं सप्तदशाकलाभिः सह यत्तिष्ठति तत्सूक्ष्मशरीरम् ।
Transliteration
sūkṣmaśarīraṃ kim ? apañcīkṛtapañcamahābhūtaiḥ kṛtaṃ satkarmajanyaṃ sukhaduḥkhādibhogasādhanaṃ pañcajñānendriyāṇi pañcakarmendriyāṇi pañcaprāṇādayaḥ manaścaikaṃ buddhiścaikā evaṃ saptadaśākalābhiḥ saha yattiṣṭhati tatsūkṣmaśarīram .
Translation
What is the subtle body? It is composed of the five great elements which have not undergone quintuplication (apanchikrita), born of past good actions, and serves as the instrument for experiencing pleasure, pain, etc. It consists of seventeen components: the five sense organs of knowledge, the five organs of action, the five vital airs, the one mind, and the one intellect—this is the subtle body.
Word-for-Word
sūkṣma-śarīraṃ kim (what is the subtle body?); apañcīkṛta-pañca-mahābhūtaiḥ kṛtaṃ (made of the five great elements that have not been quintuplicated); sat-karma-janyaṃ (born of meritorious actions); sukha-duḥkha-ādi-bhoga-sādhanaṃ (the instrument for experiencing pleasure, pain, etc.); pañca-jñānendriyāṇi (five sense organs of knowledge); pañca-karmendriyāṇi (five organs of action); pañca-prāṇādayaḥ (the five vital airs beginning with Prana); manaś-ca-ekaṃ (the one mind); buddhiś-ca-ekā (and the one intellect); evaṃ saptadaśā-kalābhiḥ saha (thus, along with these seventeen parts); yat tiṣṭhati (that which exists); tat sūkṣma-śarīram (that is the subtle body).
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