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Shloka 33

Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga

Adhyātma-Upadeśa

तत्र प्रधानमव्यक्तमव्यक्तस्य गुणो महान्‌ । महत्प्रधानभूतस्य गुणो5हंकार एव च,प्रधानका दूसरा नाम अव्यक्त है। अव्यक्तका कार्य महत्तत्त्व है और प्रकृतिसे उत्पन्न महत्तत्त्वका कार्य अहंकार है

tatra pradhānam avyaktam avyaktasya guṇo mahān | mahat-pradhāna-bhūtasya guṇo'haṅkāra eva ca ||

قال فايُو: «في هذا الترتيب، إنّ برادهانا هو “غير المتجلّي” (Avyakta). ومن غير المتجلّي ينبثق “المبدأ العظيم” (Mahat). ومن الماهات—المولود من بركريتي (Prakṛti)—ينشأ حقًّا أهنكارا (Ahaṅkāra)، أي إحساس “أنا”.» وفي سياق هذا التعليم، يبدأ القيد الباطني حين يبرز إحساس “الأنا” من الطبيعة الأولى؛ ولذلك يقتضي العيش وفق الدارما إدراك هذه العملية وألّا يُتَّخذ الأنا المصنوع على أنّه الذات الحقّة.

तत्रthere; in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
प्रधानम्Pradhāna (primordial matter)
प्रधानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रधान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अव्यक्तम्unmanifest
अव्यक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अव्यक्तस्यof the unmanifest
अव्यक्तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
गुणःattribute; quality
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महत्Mahat (the great principle)
महत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रधानभूतस्यof that which has become Pradhāna / is constituted as Pradhāna
प्रधानभूतस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रधानभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
गुणःattribute; quality
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormFirst, Nominative, Singular
अहंकारःego-principle (ahaṃkāra)
अहंकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहंकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed; only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वायुदेव उवाच

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
प्रधान (Pradhāna)
अव्यक्त (Avyakta)
महत्/महत्तत्त्व (Mahat/Mahattattva)
अहंकार (Ahaṅkāra)

Educational Q&A

It outlines a Sāṅkhya-style causal sequence: Pradhāna (Prakṛti in its unmanifest state) gives rise to Mahat (the Great Principle/intellect), and from Mahat arises Ahaṅkāra (ego). Ethically, it implies that suffering and conflict are fueled by the ego’s appropriation; discernment of this chain supports self-mastery and dharmic conduct.

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by explaining foundational metaphysical categories—how the unmanifest primordial nature unfolds into intellect and then ego—within a didactic passage of the Aśvamedhika Parva.