Shloka 136
Vāsudeva’s Upadeśa: The Inner Enemy and the Indra–Vṛtra Precedent (आत्मशत्रु-बोधः; इन्द्र-वृत्रोपाख्यानम्)
विवेश सहसा वायुं जग्राह विषयं ततः । उस तेजमें स्थित हुआ वृत्रासुर अमिततेजस्वी वज्रके प्रहारसे पीड़ित हो सहसा वायुमें समा गया और उसके स्पर्श नामक विषयको ग्रहण करने लगा
viveśa sahasā vāyuṁ jagrāha viṣayaṁ tataḥ |
Vāyu said: “Then, all at once, he entered into the principle of Wind and took up its object—touch. Thus Vṛtrāsura, of immeasurable splendor, tormented by the blow of the thunderbolt, suddenly merged into Vāyu and began to apprehend the sense-field of touch.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a metaphysical-ethical idea: beings, when struck down in conflict, do not simply vanish but move according to cosmic law into elemental principles and their corresponding sense-domains. It suggests an ordered universe where actions and outcomes unfold within a structured hierarchy of elements and cognition.
Vāyu narrates that Vṛtrāsura, wounded by the vajra’s strike, suddenly dissolves into/enters the wind-principle (Vāyu) and begins to take up the wind’s specific sense-object—touch (sparśa).