Shloka 45
Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas
Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue
एतेषां पृथगध्यास्ते यो धर्म संशितव्रत: । कालात् पश्यति भूतानां सदैव प्रभवाप्ययौ
eteṣāṃ pṛthag adhyāste yo dharmaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | kālāt paśyati bhūtānāṃ sadaiva prabhavāpyayau ||
Vāyu berkata: “Di antara semuanya ini, siapa pun yang—dengan laku yang tajam dan teguh—memilih satu disiplin dharma dan berpegang padanya dengan mantap, maka seiring berjalannya waktu ia akan menyaksikan secara langsung dan terus-menerus timbul dan lenyapnya semua makhluk—kelahiran dan kematian.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfast adherence to a chosen dharmic discipline (vrata) matures into clear insight: over time one perceives the universal law of impermanence—the continual birth and death of beings—thus grounding ethics in a sober awareness of Kāla (Time).
Vāyudeva is explaining the fruit of practicing the previously described dharmas: a resolute practitioner who firmly follows any one of them gains, with time, direct perception of the ongoing cycle of origination and dissolution affecting all creatures.