Shloka 47
Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas
Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue
महानात्मा तथाव्यक्तमहंकारस्तथैव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैक॑ च महाभूतानि पठच च,अव्यक्त प्रकृति, महत्तत्त्व, अहंकार, दस इन्द्रियाँ,एक मन, पञच महाभूत और उनके शब्द आदि विशेष गुण--यह चौबीस तत्त्वोंका सनातन सर्ग है। तथा एक जीवात्मा-इस प्रकार तत्त्वोंकी संख्या पचीस बतलायी गयी है
mahānātmā tathāvyaktam ahaṅkāras tathaiva ca | indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca mahābhūtāni pañca ca | avyaktā prakṛtiḥ, mahattattvam, ahaṅkāraḥ, daśendriyāṇi, ekaṃ manaḥ, pañca mahābhūtāni ca teṣāṃ śabdādiviśeṣaguṇāḥ—eṣa caturviṃśatitattvānāṃ sanātanaḥ sargaḥ | tathā ekaḥ jīvātmā—iti tattvānāṃ saṅkhyā pañcaviṃśatir uktā |
風神ヴァーユは言った。「未顕（アヴィヤクタ）があり、同様に大原理（マハット）と、さらに我執（アハンカーラ）がある。十の感官と一つの意（マナス）があり、また五大（地・水・火・風・空）と、音などに代表されるそれぞれの固有の性質がある。これが二十四原理の永遠の流出である。ここに個我（ジーヴァ）を加えると、原理は二十五と説かれる。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vāyu presents a Sāṅkhya-style enumeration of reality: the 24 material principles (from unmanifest prakṛti through mahat, ahaṅkāra, mind, senses, elements and their qualities) constitute the eternal process of manifestation; adding the conscious individual self yields a total of 25 principles.
In the Ashvamedhika Parva’s instructional discourse, Vāyu speaks as a teacher, shifting the focus from external events to inner knowledge by defining the constituents of the world and the self, guiding the listener toward discernment between nature (prakṛti and its evolutes) and the conscious jīva.