Shloka 45
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
गुणागुणमनासड्रमेकचर्यमनन्तरम् । एतद् ब्रह्ममयं वृत्तमाहुरेकपदं सुखम्
guṇāguṇamanāsaḍram ekacaryam anantaram | etad brahmamayaṁ vṛttam āhur ekapadaṁ sukham ||
Vāyu said: “That mode of living is called ‘brahma-filled’ in which the play of qualities is as though absent, the mind is free from egoistic grasping, one abides in solitary, disciplined conduct, and no sense of difference remains. This alone is declared the single footing of happiness—the one sure ground on which all well-being rests.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True happiness rests on a Brahman-oriented way of life: remaining inwardly untouched by the guṇas, free from egoic clinging, steady in solitary discipline, and established in non-difference (abheda-dṛṣṭi). Such conduct is presented as the single reliable foundation of sukha.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener on the marks of the highest spiritual conduct. Rather than describing an external ritual or social duty, he defines an inner mode of living—unbroken, ego-free, and non-dual—as the ‘brahmamaya’ path that supports lasting well-being.