Tattva Bodhaतत्त्वबोधः
Tattva Bodha · passage 15
The gross body
स्थूलशरीरं किम्? पञ्चीकृतपञ्चमहाभूतैः कृतं सत्कर्मजन्यं सुखदुःखादिभोगायतनं शरीरम् अस्ति जायते वर्धते विपरिणमते अपक्षीयते विनश्यतीति षड्विकारवदेतत्स्थूलशरीरम् ।
sthūlaśarīraṃ kim? pañcīkṛtapañcamahābhūtaiḥ kṛtaṃ satkarmajanyaṃ sukhaduḥkhādibhogāyatanaṃ śarīram asti jāyate vardhate vipariṇamate apakṣīyate vinaśyatīti ṣaḍvikāravadetatsthūlaśarīram |
What is the gross body? It is made from the five great elements once they are fivefold-compounded, born of past action, the dwelling where pleasure and pain are met. It is, it is born, it grows, it ripens, it wanes, it perishes. Marked by these six changes, this is the gross body.
In plain words
What is the gross body (sthūla-śarīra)? It is formed from the five great elements after they have been quintuplicated (pañcīkaraṇa), is produced by past karma, and is the place where pleasure and pain are experienced. It undergoes six changes: it exists, is born, grows, matures, declines, and dies. The body with these six changes is the gross body.
The terms set down here
- sthūla-śarīra