Shloka 43
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
यं च वेदविदो वेद्यं वेदान्ते च प्रतिष्ठितम् । प्राणायामपरा नित्यं यं विशन्ति जपन्ति च
yaṃ ca vedavido vedyaṃ vedānte ca pratiṣṭhitam | prāṇāyāmaparā nityaṃ yaṃ viśanti japanti ca ||
বায়ু বললেন—যে তত্ত্বকে বেদজ্ঞরা জ্ঞেয় বলে মানেন এবং যা বেদান্তে প্রতিষ্ঠিত, প্রाणায়াম-পরায়ণ সাধকেরা সেই নিত্য তত্ত্বেই নিরন্তর প্রবেশ করে, এবং তারই জপ ও ধ্যান করে।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies a single supreme, eternal Reality as the highest object of knowledge affirmed by the Vedas and clarified in Vedānta, and says that disciplined yogins—especially those devoted to prāṇāyāma and mantra-japa—contemplate it and ultimately ‘enter’ or merge into it, implying liberation through inner realization rather than external gain.
Vāyu is speaking in a didactic context within the Anuśāsana Parva, describing the recognized goal of Vedic and yogic practice: the Vedāntic Principle that sages meditate upon, recite, and realize through yogic discipline.