Shloka 46
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
शुक्लं कृष्णं तथा रक्त नील॑ पीतारुणं तथा
śuklaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tathā raktaṃ nīlaṃ pītāruṇaṃ tathā | vijñeyaṃ brāhmaṇair vṛddhair dharmajñaiḥ satyavādibhiḥ ||
ವಾಯುದೇವನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಶುಕ್ಲ, ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಮತ್ತು ರಕ್ತ; ನೀಲ, ಪೀತ ಹಾಗೂ ಅರುಣ—ಈ ಭೇದಗಳನ್ನು ಸತ್ಯವಾದಿಗಳೂ ಧರ್ಮಜ್ಞರೂ ಆದ ವೃದ್ಧ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕೆಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True understanding of subtle distinctions (here, the color-forms of a radiant/fiery principle) is entrusted to disciplined authorities—elders who are both dharma-knowing and committed to truth—linking knowledge with ethical qualification.
Vāyu-deva is speaking and enumerates a set of color categories (white, black, red, blue, yellow, tawny), stating that such distinctions are to be recognized and taught by venerable, truthful Brāhmaṇas who know dharma.