Shloka 35
Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka
Book 14, Chapter 43
बुद्धिरध्यवसायेन ज्ञानेन च महांस्तथा । निश्चित्य ग्रहणाद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं नात्र संशय:
buddhir adhyavasāyena jñānena ca mahāṁs tathā | niścitya grahaṇād vyaktam avyaktam nātra saṁśayaḥ ||
वायू म्हणाला— अध्यवसायरूप दृढ निश्चयाने बुद्धीचे ग्रहण होते आणि ज्ञानाने महत्तत्त्वाचाही निश्चय होतो. त्यांच्या कार्यांवरूनच त्यांची सत्ता ठरते, म्हणून त्यांना ‘व्यक्त’ म्हणतात; परंतु प्रत्यक्षात इंद्रियांपलीकडे असल्यामुळे बुद्धी इत्यादी सर्व ‘अव्यक्त’च आहेत—यात संशय नाही.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes between what is called ‘manifest’ due to functional inference and what is truly ‘unmanifest’ because it is beyond the senses. Intellect (buddhi) is known through determination, and the mahat principle through knowledge; yet both remain essentially supersensory, so their ‘manifestness’ is only a manner of speaking based on their observable effects.
Vāyudeva is explaining subtle principles of inner psychology and cosmology—how one recognizes faculties like intellect and cosmic intelligence. He clarifies that these are not directly seen like physical objects; they are established by their operations and thus discussed as ‘manifest’, while remaining fundamentally ‘unmanifest’ to the senses.