Shloka 49
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
रूक्ष: शीतस्तथैवोष्ण: स्निग्धो विशद एव च
rūkṣaḥ śītastathaivoṣṇaḥ snigdho viśada eva ca
Vāyu-dewa bersabda: “Sifat-sifat yang ditangkap melalui sentuhan disebut kering, dingin, panas, licin/berminyak, dan jernih. Demikianlah para brāhmaṇa yang siddha, mengetahui dharma, dan melihat hakikat, telah menguraikan dengan tata yang benar rincian sifat-sifat sentuhan milik Angin.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames sensory experience (especially touch) as analyzable into distinct qualities and presents this analysis as a disciplined, authoritative teaching transmitted by realized and dharma-knowing sages—linking correct knowledge of nature with ethical and scriptural order.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a didactic context, enumerating and characterizing the tactile qualities associated with the wind principle, while affirming that such classification has been properly taught by accomplished Brahmin sages.