Shloka 9
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
अन्तरात्मनि चाप्येते नियता: पठच वायव: । वाड्मनोबुद्धिभि: सार्द्धमिदमष्टात्मके जगत्
antarātmani cāpy ete niyatāḥ pañca vāyavaḥ | vāṅmanobuddhibhiḥ sārdham idam aṣṭātmake jagat ||
Dewa Vāyu bersabda: “Di dalam diri batin (makhluk yang berjasad) berdiam, secara teratur, lima hembusan hidup ini—prāṇa, apāna, udāna, samāna, dan vyāna. Karena terkurung di dalam tubuh, semuanya bersifat halus. Bila dihitung bersama wicara, pikiran, dan intelek, jumlahnya menjadi delapan. Kedelapan inilah dasar bahan (upādāna-kāraṇa) dari mana dunia ini tersusun.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches an eightfold framework of embodied existence: five vital airs (prāṇa, apāna, udāna, samāna, vyāna) together with speech, mind, and intellect. These are presented as subtle inner constituents and as the material basis (upādāna) through which the world of experience is constituted.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener in an inner, yogic-cosmological analysis of the person. He identifies the regulated vital functions within the body and then expands the count by adding the cognitive and expressive faculties, framing them as foundational principles that underlie worldly manifestation and experience.