Shloka 22
Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman
Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda
घ्रेये पेये च दृश्ये च स्पृश्ये श्रव्ये तथैव च । मन्तव्येडप्यथ बोद्धव्ये सुभगे पश्य सर्वदा
ghreye peye ca dṛśye ca spṛśye śravye tathaiva ca | mantavye 'py atha boddhavye subhage paśya sarvadā ||
वायू म्हणाले— हे सुभगे! वास घेण्याजोगे, पिण्याजोगे, पाहण्याजोगे, स्पर्श करण्याजोगे, ऐकण्याजोगे, तसेच मनन व बोध करण्याजोगे— या सर्व विषयांवर तू सदैव दृष्टि ठेव.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
All sense-objects and even mental objects (thought and understanding) should be continually observed with disciplined awareness, so that engagement with the world is purified and governed by dharma rather than by craving.
Vāyudeva addresses a woman respectfully as “subhagā,” instructing her on how to relate to sensory and cognitive experiences—smell, taste/drink, sight, touch, hearing, reflection, and understanding—by maintaining constant, deliberate attention.