Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अतिदूरात्मकं ब्रह्म वेदविद्याव्यपाश्रयम्‌ । निर्द्धन््धं निर्गुणं नित्यमचित्त्यगुणमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

atidūrātmakaṃ brahma vedavidyāvyapāśrayam | nirddhandhaṃ nirguṇaṃ nityaṃ acittyaguṇam uttamam ||

Translation

ವಾಯುದೇವನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ದೂರಗಮ ಸ್ವರೂಪವುಳ್ಳದು; ವೇದವಿದ್ಯೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸತ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನಗಳ ಆಶ್ರಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದು ದ್ವಂದ್ವರಹಿತ, ನಿರ್ಗುಣ, ನಿತ್ಯ, ಪರಮ—ಅದರ ಗುಣಗಳು ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಅಚಿಂತ್ಯ.

Word by Word

अतिदूरात्मकम्having a nature exceedingly remote (beyond reach)

ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)

वेदविद्याby Vedic knowledge

व्यपाश्रयम्to be resorted to / attainable (as a refuge)

निर्द्वन्द्वम्free from dualities

निर्गुणम्without qualities (guṇas)

नित्यम्eternal

अचित्त्यगुणम्whose attributes are inconceivable

उत्तमम्supreme

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu

Brahman

Veda

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to Brahman as transcendent and unconditioned—beyond the guṇas and beyond mental grasp—yet approached through the discipline and support of Vedic knowledge and true learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is speaking and characterizing the nature of Brahman, shifting the focus from external action to inner realization and the ethical-spiritual aim of knowledge: seeing the supreme reality as beyond limiting attributes.