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 |
Vāyu-deva bersabda: “Seterusnya, bagi ‘adhibhūta’ (aspek unsur/luaran), ia ialah rupa (rūpa); dan bagi ‘adhidaivata’ (prinsip ketuhanan yang memerintah) di situ, ia ialah Matahari. Maka, bagi unsur ketiga—tejas (cahaya/api)—mata diajarkan sebagai ‘adhyātma’ (asas batin peribadi), rupa sebagai ‘adhibhūta’ (medan objektif), dan Matahari sebagai ‘adhidaivata’ (pengatur ilahi).”
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.