Shloka 28
Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman
Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda
अनेनैव प्रकारेण प्रगृहीतं पुरातनै: । पूर्णाहुतिभिरापूर्णास्त्रिभि: पूर्यन्ति तेजसा
anenaiva prakāreṇa pragṛhītaṃ purātanaiḥ | pūrṇāhutibhir āpūrṇās tribhiḥ pūryanti tejasā ||
Vāyu-deva dit : «C’est ainsi que les rishis d’autrefois, conformément à la révélation védique (Śruti), ont adopté et exposé des formes telles que prāṇa, le souffle vital. Par les trois “oblations” — le connaissant, la connaissance et le connaissable — tous les mondes sont remplis jusqu’à la plénitude ; et ces mondes resplendissent, baignés de la lumière du Soi (Ātman).»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a Vedāntic-sacrificial metaphor: reality is understood through a triad—knower, knowledge, and knowable—likened to three oblations that ‘fill’ the worlds. Ultimately, the fullness and illumination of the worlds are grounded in ātman-like radiance (tejas), pointing to inner self-knowledge as the source of true completeness.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener by appealing to ancient ṛṣis and śruti-based tradition. He explains how earlier sages conceptualized principles like prāṇa and then elevates the discussion to a universal framework—knower/knowledge/knowable—describing how these principles pervade and complete all worlds with the Self’s light.