Shloka 60
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
यह तुष्टि, यह सिद्धि, यह श्रुति, यह स्मृति, भक्तोंकी यह अध्यात्मगति तथा ज्ञानी पुरुषोंकी यह अक्षय प्राप्ति (पुनरावृत्तिरहित मोक्षलाभ) आप ही हैं ।।
yā tuṣṭiḥ yā siddhiḥ yā śrutiḥ yā smṛtiḥ bhaktānām iyam adhyātmagatiḥ tathā jñānināṃ iyam akṣayaprāptiḥ (punarāvṛttirahitaḥ mokṣalābhaḥ) tvam eva asi || yajatāṃ kāmayānānāṃ mūrkhaiḥ vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ | yā gatiḥ yajñaśīlānāṃ sā gatiḥ tvam na saṃśayaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva sprach: Du allein bist jene Zufriedenheit und jene Vollendung; du bist die Autorität der Śruti (der gehörten Offenbarung) und die Kraft der Smṛti (der erinnerten Überlieferung). Du bist das geistige Ziel der Frommen, und du bist der unvergängliche Erwerb der Weisen—die Befreiung ohne Wiederkehr. Selbst für jene, die mit Wünschen verehren und Opfer mit reichen Gaben darbringen: welches „Ziel“ auch immer die Opferfrommen erreichen, dieses Ziel, ohne Zweifel, bist du.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
All religious goods—ritual merit, scriptural authority, memory of dharma, devotional progress, and the wise person’s liberation—ultimately culminate in the Supreme; even desire-driven sacrifice reaches its true ‘end’ only in Him.
Vāyu-deva is praising and identifying the ultimate divine principle as the source and destination of multiple paths—yajña (ritual), bhakti (devotion), and jñāna (knowledge)—asserting that every ‘gati’ or final outcome is, in truth, that very Lord.