Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दुर्विज्ञेगमसंख्येयं दुष्प्रपमकृतात्मभि: । योनिं विश्वस्थ जगतस्तमस: परत: परम्‌,उनका ज्ञान होना अत्यन्त कठिन है। वे अप्रमेय हैं। जिन्होंने अपने अन्त:ः:करणको पवित्र एवं वशीभूत नहीं किया है, उनके लिये वे सर्वथा दुर्लभ हैं। वे ही सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के कारण हैं। अज्ञानमय अन्धकारसे अत्यन्त परे हैं

Transliteration

durvijñeyam asaṅkhyeyaṁ duṣprāpam akṛtātmabhiḥ | yoniṁ viśvasya jagatas tamasaḥ parataḥ param ||

Translation

Vāyu said: He is exceedingly hard to know, beyond all counting, and unattainable for those who have not mastered and purified themselves. He is the very source-womb of the entire universe, and He stands far beyond the darkness of ignorance—supremely transcendent.

Word by Word

• {'durvijñeyam': 'difficult to know or comprehend', 'asaṅkhyeyam': 'innumerable

• immeasurable', 'duṣprāpam': 'hard to attain

• not easily reached', 'akṛtātmabhiḥ': 'by those who are undisciplined

• who have not refined/purified the inner self', 'yoniṁ': 'womb

• origin-cause', 'viśvasya': 'of the universe

• of all that exists', 'jagataḥ': 'of the world

• of the moving creation', 'tamasaḥ': 'from darkness

• from ignorance (tamas)', 'parataḥ param': 'higher than the highest

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• The Supreme principle/Īśvara (implied)
• Universe (viśva/jagat)
• Tamas (ignorance/darkness)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True realization of the Supreme is not achieved by mere intellect; it requires inner purification and self-mastery. The verse stresses transcendence (beyond tamas/ignorance) and the need for disciplined character to approach ultimate truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is speaking, describing the nature of the Supreme as immeasurable and difficult to know, identifying Him as the origin of the universe and as transcending the darkness of ignorance—framing a teaching on spiritual attainment through inner discipline.