Shloka 46
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
शुक्लं कृष्णं तथा रक्त नील॑ पीतारुणं तथा,विज्ञेयं ब्राह्मणैर्वद्धेर्धर्मज्ै: सत्यवादिभि: । शुक्रल, कृष्ण, रक्त, नील, पीत, अरुण, छोटा, बड़ा, मोटा, दुबला, चौकोना और गोल --इस प्रकार तैजस् रूपका बारह प्रकारसे विस्तार सत्यवादी धर्मज्ञ वृद्ध ब्राह्मणोंके द्वारा जानने योग्य कहा जाता है
śuklaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tathā raktaṃ nīlaṃ pītāruṇaṃ tathā | vijñeyaṃ brāhmaṇair vṛddhair dharmajñaiḥ satyavādibhiḥ ||
Vāyu-deva sprach: „Weiß, Schwarz und Rot; Blau, Gelb und auch Falb (tawny) — dies alles sollen betagte Brāhmaṇas, wahrhaftig und des Dharma kundig, als Unterscheidungen der strahlend-feurigen Gestalt (tejas) erkennen.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True understanding of subtle distinctions (here, the color-forms of a radiant/fiery principle) is entrusted to disciplined authorities—elders who are both dharma-knowing and committed to truth—linking knowledge with ethical qualification.
Vāyu-deva is speaking and enumerates a set of color categories (white, black, red, blue, yellow, tawny), stating that such distinctions are to be recognized and taught by venerable, truthful Brāhmaṇas who know dharma.