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Shloka 33

Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga

Adhyātma-Upadeśa

तत्र प्रधानमव्यक्तमव्यक्तस्य गुणो महान्‌ । महत्प्रधानभूतस्य गुणो5हंकार एव च,प्रधानका दूसरा नाम अव्यक्त है। अव्यक्तका कार्य महत्तत्त्व है और प्रकृतिसे उत्पन्न महत्तत्त्वका कार्य अहंकार है

tatra pradhānam avyaktam avyaktasya guṇo mahān | mahat-pradhāna-bhūtasya guṇo'haṅkāra eva ca ||

ആ ക്രമത്തിൽ പ്രധാനം തന്നെയാണ് ‘അവ്യക്തം’. അവ്യക്തത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ‘മഹത്തത്ത്വം’ ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു; പ്രകൃതി-ജന്യമായ ആ മഹത്തത്ത്വത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ‘അഹങ്കാരം’ പിറക്കുന്നു।

तत्रthere; in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
प्रधानम्Pradhāna (primordial matter)
प्रधानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रधान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अव्यक्तम्unmanifest
अव्यक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अव्यक्तस्यof the unmanifest
अव्यक्तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
गुणःattribute; quality
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महत्Mahat (the great principle)
महत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रधानभूतस्यof that which has become Pradhāna / is constituted as Pradhāna
प्रधानभूतस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रधानभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
गुणःattribute; quality
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormFirst, Nominative, Singular
अहंकारःego-principle (ahaṃkāra)
अहंकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहंकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed; only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वायुदेव उवाच

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
प्रधान (Pradhāna)
अव्यक्त (Avyakta)
महत्/महत्तत्त्व (Mahat/Mahattattva)
अहंकार (Ahaṅkāra)

Educational Q&A

It outlines a Sāṅkhya-style causal sequence: Pradhāna (Prakṛti in its unmanifest state) gives rise to Mahat (the Great Principle/intellect), and from Mahat arises Ahaṅkāra (ego). Ethically, it implies that suffering and conflict are fueled by the ego’s appropriation; discernment of this chain supports self-mastery and dharmic conduct.

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by explaining foundational metaphysical categories—how the unmanifest primordial nature unfolds into intellect and then ego—within a didactic passage of the Aśvamedhika Parva.