Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यस्तु वेद निराधारं ज्ञानं तत्त्वविनिश्चयात्‌ | सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं स सर्वगतिरिष्यते,जो तत्त्वका पूर्ण निश्चय करके ज्ञानस्वरूप, निराधार और सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके भीतर रहनेवाले आत्माको जान लेता है, वह सर्वव्यापक हो जाता है

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | yastu veda nirādhāraṃ jñānaṃ tattvaviniścayāt | sarvabhūtastham ātmānaṃ sa sarvagatir iṣyate ||

Translation

Vāyudeva said: Whoever, with complete certainty about the truth, realizes the self as pure knowledge—supportless and yet abiding within all beings—such a person is regarded as one who has attained all-pervasiveness, moving freely beyond limitation through true insight.

Word by Word

यःwho

तुbut/indeed

वेदknows

निराधारम्supportless/without substratum

ज्ञानम्knowledge/consciousness

तत्त्व-विनिश्चयात्from/through ascertainment of truth

सर्व-भूत-स्थम्dwelling in all beings

आत्मानम्the Self

सःhe

सर्व-गतिःall-pervading state/going everywhere

इष्यतेis considered/is held to be

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Vāyu)

Ātman (the Self)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Firm discernment of reality leads to realization of the Ātman as pure consciousness, independent of external supports and present in all beings; such realization is described as attaining all-pervasiveness (sarvagati), i.e., freedom from limitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a contemplative teaching: true knowledge is not mere information but direct realization of the Self within all beings, presented as the mark of spiritual attainment in this section of the Aśvamedhika Parva.