Shanti Parva 236.7
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 236 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
धर्मोपस्थो हीवरूथ उपायापायकूबरः। अपानाक्षः प्राणयुगः प्रज्ञायुर्जीवबन्धनः॥ चेतनाबन्धुरचास्याचारग्रहनेमिनान्। दर्शनस्पर्शनवहो घ्राणश्रवणवाहनः॥ प्रज्ञानाभिः सर्वतन्त्रप्रदोतो ज्ञानसारथिः। क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितो धीरः श्रद्धादमपुरःसरः॥ त्यागसूक्ष्मानुगः क्षेम्यः शौचगो ध्यानगोचरः। जीवयुक्तो रथो दिव्यो ब्रह्मलोके विराजते॥
The body with individual soul within it is an excellent car. When sacrifices and religious rights are made its upastha, shame, its varutha, Upaya and Apaya, its Kuvara, the vital air called Apana, its Aksha, the vital air called Prana, its Yuga, knowledge and the span of existence its points for tieng the horses, carefulness, its Vandhura, the assumption of good conduct, its nemi, vision, touch, scent, and hearing, its four horses, wisdom, its nabhi, all the scriptures, its pratoda, certain knowledge of the scriptural sayings, its driver, the soul, its firinly-seated rider, faith, and self-control, its fore-runners, renunciation, its inseparable companion following behind and bent upon doing it good, purity the path along which it goes, meditaion, its goal, then may that car reach Brahma and shine there effulgently.