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Shloka 15

Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman

Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda

तत एव प्रवर्तन्ते तदेव प्रविशन्ति च | “उसीसे सृष्टि आदिका विस्तार होता है और उसीमें उसकी स्थिति है। प्राण, अपान, समान, व्यान और उदान--से उसीसे प्रकट होते और फिर उसीमें प्रविष्ट हो जाते हैं ।। १४ न्‍् समानव्यानयोर्मध्ये प्राणापानौ विचेरतु:,“समान और व्यान--इन दोनोंके बीचमें प्राण और अपान विचरते हैं। उस अपानसहित प्राणके लीन होनेपर समान और व्यानका भी लय हो जाता है। अपान और प्राणके बीचमें उदान सबको व्याप्त करके स्थित होता है। इसीलिये सोये हुए पुरुषको प्राण और अपान नहीं छोड़ते हैं

tata eva pravartante tadeva praviśanti ca |

Vāyu-deva said: From That alone they arise and set forth into activity, and into That alone they enter again. All the vital functions—prāṇa, apāna, samāna, vyāna, and udāna—manifest from that supreme basis and ultimately dissolve back into it.

तत्from that
तत्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
प्रवर्तन्तेthey proceed/arise
प्रवर्तन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√वृत् (वर्तते)
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
तत्that (into it)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
प्रविशन्तिthey enter/merge
प्रविशन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√विश्
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
P
prāṇa
A
apāna
S
samāna
V
vyāna
U
udāna

Educational Q&A

All vital forces and life-functions originate from a single supreme ground (tad) and finally return to it. The verse emphasizes unity behind the many operations of life, encouraging detachment and insight into the source that sustains all activity.

Vāyu-deva is explaining the nature of the vital airs: they emerge from an ultimate principle, function within embodied life, and then dissolve back into that same principle. This instruction frames physiology as a spiritual teaching about origin, dependence, and dissolution.