Shloka 7

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तादि विशेषान्तं सहस्थावरजड्रमम्‌ । सूर्यचन्द्रप्रभालोकं ग्रहनक्षत्रमण्डितम्‌

Transliteration

avyaktādi-viśeṣāntaṁ saha-sthāvara-jaḍa-dramam | sūrya-candra-prabhā-lokaṁ graha-nakṣatra-maṇḍitam | idaṁ jagad ekaṁ brahma-vanaṁ | avyakta-prakṛtir asyādaḥ | pañca-mahābhūta-daśendriyāṇi caikaṁ mana iti ṣoḍaśa-viśeṣaiḥ asya vistāraḥ | idaṁ carācara-prāṇibhir pūrṇam | sūrya-candrādi-prakāśaiḥ prakāśitam | graha-nakṣatraiḥ suśobhitam | nadī-parvata-saṅghaiḥ sarvato vibhūṣitam | nānā-vidha-jalaiḥ sadālaṅkṛtam | etat sarva-bhūtānāṁ jīvanaṁ sarva-prāṇināṁ ca gatiḥ | asmin brahma-vane kṣetrajñaś carati |

Translation

ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ—ଏହି ଜଗତ ଏକମାତ୍ର ବ୍ରହ୍ମବନ। ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ପ୍ରକୃତି ଏହାର ଆଦି, ଏବଂ ଏହାର ବିସ୍ତାର ସୋଳହ ବିଶେଷ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ—ପାଞ୍ଚ ମହାଭୂତ, ଦଶ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟ ଓ ଏକ ମନ। ଏହା ସ୍ଥାବର-ଜଙ୍ଗମ ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନଙ୍କରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ। ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ-ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରଭାରେ ଆଲୋକିତ, ଗ୍ରହ-ନକ୍ଷତ୍ରରେ ମଣ୍ଡିତ, ନଦୀ ଓ ପର୍ବତସମୂହରେ ସବୁଦିଗରୁ ଶୋଭିତ, ନାନାପ୍ରକାର ଜଳରେ ସଦା ଅଲଙ୍କୃତ। ଏହିଏ ସମସ୍ତ ଭୂତଙ୍କର ଜୀବନ ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀଙ୍କର ଗତି। ଏହି ବ୍ରହ୍ମବନରେ କ୍ଷେତ୍ରଜ୍ଞ ବିଚରଣ କରେ।

Word by Word

• अव्यक्तादि: having the unmanifest as the beginning
• अव्यक्तादि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त + आदि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विशेषान्तम्: ending in the (sixteen) specifics/tattvas
• विशेषान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशेष + अन्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• स्थावर: with the immobile (beings)
• स्थावर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• जङ्गमम्: the mobile (beings)
• जङ्गमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सूर्यचन्द्रप्रभालोकम्: illumined by the light of the sun and moon
• सूर्यचन्द्रप्रभालोकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य + चन्द्र + प्रभा + लोक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ग्रह: by planets
• ग्रह: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नक्षत्र: by stars/asterisms
• नक्षत्र: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• मण्डितम्: adorned
• मण्डितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डित (from √मण्ड्/मण्ड् ‘to adorn’)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एकम्: one/single
• एकम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मवनम्: the forest of Brahman (cosmic forest)
• ब्रह्मवनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + वन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Present, 3, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Brahman
• Prakṛti (the unmanifest)
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Candra (Moon)
• Grahas (planets)
• Nakṣatras (constellations/lunar mansions)
• Rivers
• Mountains
• Kṣetrajña (Knower of the Field)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents the cosmos as a ‘forest of Brahman’: an all-encompassing field arising from unmanifest Prakṛti and structured through key principles (elements, senses, mind). Within this vast, ornamented universe, the kṣetrajña—the conscious self—moves as an experiencer/witness, pointing toward self-knowledge and discernment between consciousness and nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by describing the universe in a vivid, poetic cosmological image. He reframes the world’s diversity (sun, moon, stars, rivers, mountains, beings) as a single coherent domain, preparing a philosophical reflection on the self (kṣetrajña) that traverses and experiences this ‘field’.