Shloka 4
Ahaṃkāra as the Second Creation: Brahmā’s Cosmological Instruction (अहंकार-प्राधान्येन सृष्टिवर्णनम्)
यह श्रोत्रादि इन्द्रियरूप देवोंका और मनका उत्पत्ति-स्थान एवं स्वयं भी देवस्वरूप है, इसलिये इसे त्रिलोकीका कर्त्ता माना गया है। यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् अहंकारस्वरूप है, इसलिये यह अभिमन्ता कहा जाता है ।।
adhyātmajñānatṛptānāṁ munīnāṁ bhāvitātmanām | svādhyāyakratusiddhānām eṣa lokaḥ sanātanaḥ ||
Vāyu sprach: Für Weise, die durch inneres geistiges Wissen gesättigt sind, die sich gezügelt und das Selbst betrachtet haben und durch das Opfer des svādhyāya (des heiligen Studiums) Vollendung erlangten, ist dies die ewige Sphäre, die ihnen als Bestimmung zuteilwird.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Inner fulfillment arises from adhyātma-jñāna (knowledge of the Self) and disciplined cultivation of the mind; when svādhyāya (sacred study) is treated as a true yajña, it becomes a means to perfection, culminating in attainment of the ‘eternal realm’—a state aligned with timeless dharma and liberation.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener about the spiritual destiny of accomplished sages: those who are inwardly satisfied by Self-knowledge and perfected through the ‘sacrifice’ of svādhyāya are said to reach an eternal realm, emphasizing contemplative practice over external achievement.