Shloka 7

Adhyāya 40: Brahmā on Mahān (The Great Principle) and the All-Pervading Puruṣa

Devanagari script

ज्ञानवन्तश्न ये केचिदलुब्धा जितमन्यव: । प्रसन्नमनसो धीरा निर्ममा निरहंकृता:

Transliteration

jñānavantaś ca ye kecid alubdhā jitamanyavaḥ | prasannamanaso dhīrā nirmamā nirahaṅkṛtāḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: Those people in the world who are truly wise—free from greed, having conquered anger, serene in mind, steadfast, without possessiveness and without ego—become liberated and attain the Supreme Self. And whoever understands the glory of that Supreme Lord gains a supremely auspicious, merit-bearing destination.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानवन्तः: knowledgeable
• ज्ञानवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अलुब्धाः: free from greed
• अलुब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलुब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जितमन्यवः: having conquered anger
• जितमन्यवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रसन्नमनसः: of cheerful mind
• प्रसन्नमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्नमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धीराः: steadfast, wise
• धीराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निर्ममाः: without possessiveness
• निर्ममाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरहंकृताः: without egoism
• निरहंकृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरहंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Paramātman (Supreme Self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is linked to inner virtues: freedom from greed and anger, serenity, steadiness, and the dropping of possessiveness and ego. Knowing the Supreme’s greatness leads to an auspicious highest destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by describing the marks of spiritually mature people and stating their फल (result): they become free from saṃsāra and attain the Supreme Self, gaining the best, merit-bearing state.