Shloka 53
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
प्रधानं महदव्यक्तं विशेषान्तं सवैकृतम् । ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं भूतादि सदसच्च यत्
pradhānaṃ mahad avyaktaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ savaikṛtam | brahmādistambaparyantaṃ bhūtādi sadasacca yat ||
ヴァーユは言った。「プラダーナ（根本自然）とマハット（大原理）に始まり、未顕（アヴィヤクタ）を含み、変成の諸段階を経て特相の要素にまで及ぶ実在——梵天から一枚の草葉に至るまでの全域、衆生の総体と原初の構成要素、そして有と無（顕と未顕）の両面に属するあらゆるもの——それらすべてが（ここに述べる範囲に）包摂される。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a Sāṅkhya-style totality: from the unmanifest root (pradhāna/avyakta) through cosmic intellect (mahat) and subsequent evolutes down to the smallest visible forms. It emphasizes that reality spans both manifest (sat) and unmanifest (asat) domains, encouraging a comprehensive, non-narrow view of existence.
Vāyu is speaking in a didactic context, enumerating fundamental categories of existence. The statement functions as a philosophical catalog—mapping the hierarchy from the highest creator figure (Brahmā) to the humblest life-form (grass)—to frame the scope of what is being discussed or contemplated.