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 |
ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ອາດຕະມະຫາ (ອາດຕະອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່) ຖືກຮູ້ຈັກດ້ວຍນາມທີ່ເປັນຄຳພ້ອມຄວາມໝາຍເຫຼົ່ານີ້—ມະຫາວິນຍານ, ມະຕິ (ປັນຍາ), ວິສະນຸ, ຈິສະນຸ (ຜູ້ຊະນະ), ສັມພຸ, ຜູ້ມີພະລັງ; ແລະຍັງເອີ້ນວ່າ ຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈ, ປຣາຊະຍາ, ການຮູ້ແຈ້ງໂດຍກົງ, ຊື່ສຽງ, ຄວາມໝັ້ນຄົງ, ແລະຄວາມຈື່ຈຳ. ພຣາຫມະນຜູ້ຮູ້ທີ່ເຂົ້າໃຈຕັດຕະວະນັ້ນຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ ບໍ່ເຄີຍຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມຫຼົງ».
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.