Shloka 24
Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman
Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda
पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्न पठचमम् । मनो बुद्धिश्व सप्तैता योनिरित्येव शब्दिता:,'पृथ्वी, वायु, आकाश, जल, तेज, मन और बुद्धि--ये सात योनि कहलाते हैं
pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo jyotiś ca pañcamam | mano buddhiś ca saptaitā yonir ity eva śabditāḥ ||
Vāyu-deva sprach: „Erde, Wind, Raum, Wasser und als Fünftes das Licht; dazu Geist (manas) und Intellekt (buddhi) — diese sieben werden als ‘Yoni’, als Ursprünge/Mutterschöße, bezeichnet.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse enumerates seven fundamental sources (yonis) of manifested experience: five elemental principles (earth, air, space, water, light/energy) plus the inner instruments of mind and intellect. It encourages seeing embodied life as arising from these constituents, supporting discrimination between the true self and its material-mental bases.
Vāyu-deva is speaking and instructing by listing the seven ‘yonis’—a doctrinal enumeration used to explain how beings and experiences arise through elemental and psychological principles.