Shloka 29

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

Devanagari script

अध्यात्मं मन इत्याहु: पञ्चभूतात्मचारकम्‌

Transliteration

adhyātmaṁ mana ity āhuḥ pañcabhūtātmacārakam

Translation

Vāyu-deva disse: “Declaram que o adhyātma, o domínio espiritual interior, é a mente—que se move e opera através do ser encarnado, constituído pelos cinco grandes elementos.”

Word by Word

• अध्यात्मम्: the inner self / pertaining to the self (as an object of statement)
• अध्यात्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• आहुः: they say / call
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• पञ्चभूतात्मचारकम्: that which moves/operates as the self of the five elements
• पञ्चभूतात्मचारकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चभूतात्मचारक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)
• मनस् (mind)
• पञ्चभूत (five great elements)