Shloka 2
Adhyāya 40: Brahmā on Mahān (The Great Principle) and the All-Pervading Puruṣa
महानात्मा मतिर्विष्णुर्जिष्णु: शम्भुश्न वीर्यवान् । बुद्धि: प्रज्ञोपलब्धिश्व॒ तथा ख्यातिर्धति: स्मृति:
vāyudeva uvāca | mahān ātmā matir viṣṇur jiṣṇuḥ śambhuś ca vīryavān | buddhiḥ prajñopalabdhiś ca tathā khyātir dhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ |
ヴァーユ神は言った。「大いなる自己は、同義の名によって知られる――大霊（マハーン・アートマン）、知（マティ）、ヴィシュヌ、勝利者ジシュヌ、シャンブ、剛力の者。さらに、理解、智慧、直観的な証知、名声、堅忍、記憶（スムリティ）とも呼ばれる。この大いなる自己の実相を真に知る博学のバラモンは、決して迷妄に陥らない。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the supreme inner reality (the Great Self) can be approached through many synonymous epithets—divine names and cognitive virtues alike—and that true knowledge of this reality frees a learned person from moha (delusion).
Vāyudeva is instructing by listing names/attributes that point to the Great Self, emphasizing that recognizing the one reality behind these terms is the mark of a true knower, who therefore does not become confused or spiritually misled.