Shloka 13
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्नवा नासिका चैव पठचमी । पादौ पायुरुपस्थश्व हस्तौ वागू दशमी भवेत्
śrotraṁ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī | pādau pāyur upasthaś ca hastau vāk ca daśamī bhavet | manas tv ekādaśaṁ proktaṁ pūrvaṁ jayet tu tat-samūham | tataḥ sa brahmaṇaḥ sākṣātkāraṁ labhate naraḥ ||
ବାୟୁଦେବ କହିଲେ—ଶ୍ରୋତ୍ର, ତ୍ୱକ୍, ଚକ୍ଷୁ, ଜିହ୍ୱା ଓ ପଞ୍ଚମ ନାସିକା—ଏହି ପାଞ୍ଚ ଜ୍ଞାନେନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟ। ହସ୍ତ, ପାଦ, ପାୟୁ, ଉପସ୍ଥ ଓ ବାକ୍—ଏହି ପାଞ୍ଚ କର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟ; ଏଭଳି ଦଶର ସମୁଦାୟ ହୁଏ। ମନ ଏକାଦଶ ବୋଲି ଘୋଷିତ। ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଥମେ ଏହି ସମଗ୍ର ସମୁଦାୟକୁ ଜୟ କରିବା ଉଚିତ; ତାହା ପରେ ହିଁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମର ସାକ୍ଷାତ୍କାର ହୁଏ।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mastery over the senses and organs of action—together with the mind that coordinates them—is presented as the necessary preliminary discipline; when this inner group is conquered, one becomes fit for direct realization of Brahman.
Vāyudeva instructs the listener by enumerating the faculties that bind a person to outward experience (five senses, five action-organs, and the mind) and states a spiritual sequence: first self-conquest, then Brahman-realization.