Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 2036
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
अधिभूतं ततो रूपं सूर्यस्तत्राधिदेवतम् । तीसरे भूतका नाम है तेज। नेत्र उसका अध्यात्म, रूप उसका अधिभूत और सूर्य उसका अधिदैवत कहा जाता है
adhibhūtaṃ tato rūpaṃ sūryas tatrādhidaivatam |
ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຕໍ່ໄປ ສ່ວນ ‘ອະທິພູຕະ’ (ດ້ານທາດ/ພາຍນອກ) ແມ່ນ ‘ຮູບ’ (rūpa); ແລະສ່ວນ ‘ອະທິໄດວະຕະ’ (ເທວະຜູ້ຄຸ້ມຄອງ) ຢູ່ນັ້ນ ແມ່ນ ພຣະອາທິດ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ສຳລັບທາດທີສາມ—ເຕຊັສ (ແສງ/ໄຟ)—ຕາ ແມ່ນ ‘ອະທິຍາດມະ’ (ຖານພາຍໃນ), ຮູບ ແມ່ນ ‘ອະທິພູຕະ’ (ຂອບເຂດວັດຖຸ), ແລະ ພຣະອາທິດ ແມ່ນ ‘ອະທິໄດວະຕະ’ (ຜູ້ຄວບຄຸມທາງເທວະ)».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
It maps experience across three levels: the inner basis (adhyātma: the eye), the objective field (adhibhūta: form), and the presiding divine regulator (adhidaivata: the Sun) for the element tejas, showing how perception is ethically and metaphysically ordered rather than random.
Vāyu-deva is instructing by enumerating correspondences between elements, sense-faculties, their objects, and their presiding deities—here identifying form as the object-side and the Sun as the divine presider in relation to sight and tejas.