सङ्गीतरत्नाकर: प्रथम भाग (शार्ङ्गदेव - स्वरगताध्याय सविस्तार व्याख्या व अनुवाद सहित)

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50 Treatment of Svara
(iv) देहस्य षड् भावाः
भावाः स्युः षड्धिधास्तस्य मातृजाः पितृजास्तथा ।
रसजा आत्मजाः सत्त्वसंभवाः सात्म्यजास्तथा ।। ४४ ।।
मृदवः शोणितं मेदो मज्जा प्लीहा यकृद् गुदम् ।
हृन्नाभीत्येवमाद्यास्तु भावा मातृभवा मताः ।। ४५ ।।
श्मश्रुलोमकचाः स्नायुसिराधमनयो नखाः ।
दशनाः शुक्रमित्याद्याः स्थिराः पितृसमुद्भवाः ।। ४६ ।।
शरीरोपचयो वर्णो वृद्धिः तृप्तिर्बलं स्थितिः ।
अलोलुपत्वमुत्साह इत्याद्योन्रसजान्विदुः ।। ४७ ।।
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं धर्माधर्मौ च भावना ।
प्रयत्नो ज्ञानमायुश्चेन्द्रियाणीत्यात्मजा मताः ।। ४८ ।।
ज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि श्रवणं स्पर्शनं दर्शनं तथा ।
रसनं घ्राणमित्याहुः पञ्च तेषां तु गोचराः ।। ४९ ।।
शब्दः स्पर्शस्तथा रूपं रसो गन्ध इति क्रमात् ।
वाक्कराङ्घ्रिगुदोपस्थानाहुः कर्मेन्द्रियाणि तु ।। ५० ।।
वचनादानगमनविसर्गरतयः क्रमात् ।
क्रियास्तेषां,
मनो बुद्धिरित्यन्तःकरणद्वयम् ।। ५१ ।।
सुखं दुःखं च विषयौ विज्ञेयौ मनसः क्रिया ।
स्मृतिर्भ्रान्तिकल्पाद्या धियो ऽध्यवसितिर्मता ।। ५२ ।।
ब्रह्मयोनीनीन्द्रियाणि भौतिकान्यपरे जगुः ।
सत्त्वाख्यमन्तःकरणं गुणभेदात्त्रिधा मतम् ।। ५३ ।।
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः सत्त्वात्तु सात्त्विकात् ।
आस्तिक्यशुद्धधर्मैकरुचिप्रभृतयो मताः ।। ५४ ।।
सत्त्वात्तु राजसाद्भावाः कामक्रोधमदादयः ।
निद्राऽऽलस्यप्रमादार्तिवञ्चनाद्यास्तु तामसात् ।। ५५ ।।
ऽह... तालस्याद्यास्त सात्म्यजाः ।

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Section 2 : The Genesis of the Human Embodiment 51
(iv) The six substances (bhāva-s) of the (foetal) body : 44-56b
There are six types of substances¹ (involved) in the
body (of the baby), viz., maternal², paternal³, the serologi-
cal⁴, the self-created⁵, the mental⁶ and the self-adap-
ted.⁷ (44)
Delicate parts such as blood, fat, marrow, spleen, liver,
anus, heart, umbilicus, etc. are considered to be of motherly
origin; while the beard, hair on the body and the head,
nerves, veins, arteries, nails, teeth and semen etc. of tougher
stuff are of fatherly origin. (45-46)
Now, the author goes on to describe in some detail the various
parts and the elements in the body of the embryo as they are contri-
buted by six different principles that are apprehended as derived from
the mother, the father, the food, the soul, the mind and the innate
physiological conditions inherited by the foetus. This agrees in
substance with Suśruta (cf., Śā. Sthā. 3.43 and Caraka Śā. Sthā. 3.12-20
who is more elaborate).
Now, the author goes to describe in detail, though by no means
exhaustively, the different parts and the principles of the body and the
mind of the embryo, as they are distinctly contributed by the six sub-
stances already spoken of. The entire description seems to have been
based on Suśruta (Sa. Sthā. 3.43) with minor differences, Caraka (Śā.
Sthā. 3.12, 13) deals with this subject in greater detail.

1. Bhāva of the text is quite difficult to render in English appro-
   priately, as it is used here in a very technical sense which has
   not been noted even by the lexicographers The word has
   quite different connotations e g., a mode of being, existence,
   disposition of mind, etc. Here it seems to be signifying the
   various constituent parts of the organism, classified into six
   substances according to the source from which they are
   derived.
2. Matṛja, literally means, 'derived from the mother'.
3. Pitṛja, literally means, 'derived from the father'.
4. Rasaja, literally means, derived from 'rasa', i. e., serum in
   this context.
5. Ātmaja, literally means, 'pertaining to the transmigratory self',
   i. e., the individual soul.
6. Sattva is used in the sense of mind.
7. Sātmyaja implies acquired by adaptation and habit.