Shloka 1
Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)
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brahmovāca | bhūtānām atha pañcānāṃ yathaiṣām īśvaraṃ manaḥ | niyame ca visarge ca bhūtātmā mana eva ca ||
Brahmā said: “O seers, just as the mind is capable of governing these five great elements in their origination and regulation, so too, during their continuance, the mind alone is spoken of as the inner self of beings.”
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Educational Q&A
The verse elevates mind (manas) as the governing principle behind the five great elements: it regulates their arising and ordering, and it is also described as their inner self during their continuance. The ethical implication is that mastery and purification of mind is central to self-knowledge and liberation.
Within the Anugītā discourse in the Aśvamedhika Parva, Brahmā addresses the assembled seers and begins a teaching on tapas, the nature of the self, and the glory of knowing it, framing the mind as the key principle that governs embodied existence.