Shloka 16
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
न विदुस्त्वां तु तत्त्वेन कुतो वेत्स्यामहे वयम् । त्वत्त: प्रवर्तते सर्व त्वयि सर्व प्रतिष्ठितम्
na vidus tvāṃ tu tattvena kuto vetsyāmahe vayam | tvattaḥ pravartate sarvaṃ tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | brahmā viṣṇur indro viśvedevā tathā maharṣayaḥ ||
वायू म्हणाला—तेही तुला तत्त्वतः जाणत नाहीत; मग आम्ही कसे जाणू? तुझ्यापासूनच सर्व काही प्रवर्तते आणि तुझ्यातच सर्व काही प्रतिष्ठित आहे—ब्रह्मा, विष्णू, इंद्र, विश्वेदेव आणि महर्षीही।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches humility before the Supreme principle: even exalted gods and sages cannot fully grasp the ultimate reality. All beings arise from that source and remain sustained in it, so reverence and modesty in claims of knowledge are integral to dharmic understanding.
Vāyu addresses a supreme being (or supreme principle) and acknowledges the limits of divine and sage-like knowledge. He affirms that all cosmic powers—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, the Viśvedevas, and the great seers—originate from and depend upon that ultimate foundation.