Shloka 9
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
मनोरिन्द्राग्निमरुतां विश्वस्य ब्रह्मणो गतिम् । अग्राह्ममचलं शुद्ध बुद्धिग्राह्मा मनोमयम्
manor indrāgnimarutāṁ viśvasya brahmaṇo gatim | agrāhyam acalaṁ śuddhaṁ buddhigrāhyaṁ manomayam ||
বায়ুৱে ক’লে—“মন, ইন্দ্ৰ, অগ্নি আৰু মৰুড্গণ—এমনকি সমগ্ৰ বিশ্ব আৰু ব্ৰহ্মাৰো—গতি আৰু পৰম গন্তব্য তেওঁৱেই। কিন্তু মন আৰু ইন্দ্ৰিয়ৰ দ্বাৰা তেওঁ ধৰা নপৰে। তেওঁ অগ্ৰাহ্য, অচল, শুদ্ধ; জাগ্ৰত বুদ্ধিৰে অনুভৱগম্য আৰু মনৰ অন্তঃসাৰৰূপে অৱস্থিত।”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Supreme principle is the ultimate ‘gati’ (reach/ground) even for cosmic powers like Indra, Agni, the Maruts, and Brahmā, yet it cannot be captured by ordinary mind and senses. It is realized through purified discriminative intellect (buddhi) and is intimated as the inner essence behind mental activity.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic context, describing the nature of the highest reality: transcending sensory grasp, unmoving and pure, while still being the inner basis of mind and the ultimate course of all beings and deities.