Shloka 34
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
अहंकारात् तु सम्भूतो महाभूतकृतो गुण: । पृथक्त्वेन हि भूतानां विषया वै गुणा: स्मृता:
ahaṅkārāt tu sambhūto mahābhūtakṛto guṇaḥ | pṛthaktvena hi bhūtānāṃ viṣayā vai guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ ||
ဝါယုက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «အဟင်ကာရမှ မဟာဘူတများကို ပေါ်ထွန်းစေသော ဂုဏ်သဘောတရား ပေါက်ဖွားလာ၏။ ထို့ပြင် အမှန်တကယ်အားဖြင့် ‘ဂုဏ်’ ဟူသည်မှာ ဘူတတစ်ခုချင်းစီ၏ သီးခြား အာရုံခံအရာဝတ္ထုများ—ရုပ်၊ အရသာ စသည့် အတွေ့အကြုံအရာဝတ္ထုများ—ဟူ၍ မှတ်ယူကြသည်»။
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a Sāṅkhya-style account: from ahaṅkāra (the ego-principle) arises that which generates the five great elements, and the so-called ‘guṇas’ are understood here as the distinct sense-objects associated with those elements (e.g., form, taste, etc.). This supports ethical detachment by showing that sensory experience is a product of cosmic principles rather than the true Self.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a philosophical explanation of creation and perception, clarifying how egoity leads to the manifestation of the elements and how each element is known through its particular sense-object.