Shloka 10

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

Devanagari script

त्वग्घ्राणश्रोत्रचक्षूंषि रसना वाक्‌ च संयता: । विशुद्धं च मनो यस्य बुद्धिश्चाव्यभिचारिणी

Transliteration

tvag-ghrāṇa-śrotra-cakṣūṃṣi rasanā vāk ca saṃyatāḥ | viśuddhaṃ ca mano yasya buddhis cāvyabhicāriṇī ||

Translation

ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ—ଯାହାର ସ୍ପର୍ଶ (ତ୍ୱକ୍), ଘ୍ରାଣ (ନାସିକା), ଶ୍ରବଣ (ଶ୍ରୋତ୍ର), ଦୃଷ୍ଟି (ଚକ୍ଷୁ), ରସନା ଓ ବାକ୍—ଏହି ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟଗୁଡ଼ିକ ସଂଯତ; ମନ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ; ଏବଂ ବୁଦ୍ଧି ନିଜ ନିଶ୍ଚୟରୁ ଅବିଚଳ—ସେ ମଙ୍ଗଳମୟ ବ୍ରହ୍ମକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରେ; ତାହାଠାରୁ ଉଚ୍ଚ କିଛି ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• त्वक्: skin (sense-organ)
• त्वक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• घ्राण: nose; smell-organ
• घ्राण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घ्राण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• श्रोत्र: ear; hearing-organ
• श्रोत्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चक्षूंषि: eyes
• चक्षूंषि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• रसना: tongue
• रसना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संयताः: restrained; controlled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-यम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (kta), used adjectivally

• विशुद्धम्: pure; thoroughly purified
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• बुद्धिः: intellect; understanding
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अव्यभिचारिणी: unwavering; not deviating
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यभिचारिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Brahman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that liberation-oriented realization depends on disciplined restraint of the senses and speech, purification of the mind, and an unwavering intellect; such inner steadiness leads to attainment of the highest Brahman.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener on the marks of a spiritually accomplished person, describing the inner disciplines—sense-restraint, mental purity, and steady discernment—that culminate in reaching the supreme Brahman.