Shloka 29
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
देवासुरमुनीनां तु यच्च गुहां सनातनम् । गुहायां निहितं ब्रह्म दुर्विज्ञेयं मुनेरपि
devāsuramunīnāṁ tu yac ca guhāṁ sanātanam | guhāyāṁ nihitaṁ brahma durvijñeyaṁ muner api ||
Dijo Vāyu: «Esa ‘caverna’ eterna que ni los dioses, ni los asuras, ni los sabios pueden penetrar en verdad—Brahman oculto en la cueva interior (del corazón), difícil de conocer incluso para el vidente contemplativo—ese es, en efecto, el Señor. Él es la fuente divina que hace surgir a todos los seres; tiene rostros en todas direcciones, es el Sí mismo de todos, el que todo lo ve, el que todo lo penetra y el que todo lo sabe.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest reality (Brahman/Īśvara) is inwardly present—hidden in the ‘cave’ of the heart—and is not easily grasped even by exalted beings or learned sages. True knowledge is therefore not merely intellectual; it requires inner realization of the all-pervading, all-seeing Self who is the source of creation.
Vāyu is speaking in a didactic context, identifying the supreme Lord through a traditional image: Brahman concealed in the heart-cave. He emphasizes the Lord’s cosmic attributes—creator, facing all directions, universal Self, omniscient and omnipresent—thereby guiding the listener from external notions of divinity to an inward, ethical-spiritual focus on realization.