Shloka 18
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
अधिपौरुषमध्यात्ममधि भूताधिदैवतम् । अधिलोकाधिविज्ञानमधियज्ञस्त्वमेव हि,अधिपौरुष, अध्यात्म, अधिभूत, अधिदैवत, अधिलोक, अधिविज्ञान और अधियज्ञ आप ही हैं
adhipauruṣam adhyātmam adhibhūtādhidaivatam | adhilokādhivijñānam adhiyajñas tvam eva hi ||
Vāyu sprach: „Du allein bist der höchste Puruṣa, der innere Lenker; du allein bist das Selbst im Innern, der Bereich der Wesen und der Bereich der Götter. Du allein bist die Welten und das höhere Wissen, das sie erleuchtet; und du allein bist das Opfer. In jedem Bereich — geistig, kosmisch, göttlich, weltlich und rituell — ist deine Gegenwart der letzte Grund.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the Lord’s all-encompassing sovereignty: the same ultimate reality presides over the individual (adhyātma), the material world (adhibhūta), the divine order (adhidaivata), the cosmic worlds (adhiloka), true knowledge (adhivijñāna), and sacrificial action (adhiyajña). Ethically, it integrates knowledge and ritual by grounding both in devotion to the one supreme source.
Vāyu (the wind-god) addresses the Supreme Lord in praise, identifying Him as the presiding principle in multiple Vedic categories (spiritual, elemental, divine, worldly, cognitive, and sacrificial). The speech functions as a theological declaration that unifies diverse aspects of dharma under one divine reality.