Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियग्राम इत्येष मन एकादशं भवेत्‌ । एत॑ ग्रामं जयेत्‌ पूर्व ततो ब्रह्म प्रकाशते,कान, त्वचा, आँख, रसना, पाँचवीं नासिका तथा हाथ, पैर, गुदा, उपस्थ और वाक्‌-- यह दस इन्द्रियोंका समूह है। मन ग्यारहवाँ है। मनुष्यको पहले इस समुदायपर विजय प्राप्त करना चाहिये। तत्पश्चात्‌ उसे ब्रह्मका साक्षात्कार होता है

Transliteration

indriyagrāma ityeṣa mana ekādaśaṁ bhavet | etaṁ grāmaṁ jayet pūrvaṁ tato brahma prakāśate ||

Translation

इन्द्रियग्राम इत्येष मन एकादशं भवेत् । एतं ग्रामं जयेत् पूर्वं ततो ब्रह्म प्रकाशते ॥

Word by Word

• {'indriya-grāmaḥ': 'the ‘group/collective’ of the sense-faculties (the whole sensory apparatus)', 'iti': 'thus

• in this manner (marking a definition/label)', 'eṣaḥ': 'this', 'manaḥ': 'mind

• the inner organ that coordinates and drives the senses', 'ekādaśam': 'the eleventh', 'bhavet': 'becomes

• is (may be understood as ‘is to be regarded as’)', 'etam': 'this (accusative: ‘this very’)', 'grāmam': 'group

• collection', 'jayet': 'should conquer

• should overcome', 'pūrvam': 'first

• beforehand', 'tataḥ': 'then

• thereafter', 'brahma': 'Brahman

• the supreme reality', 'prakāśate': 'shines forth

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Brahman
• indriyas (sense-faculties)
• manas (mind)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the ten sense-faculties form an ‘assembly’ and the mind is the eleventh; spiritual realization arises when one first masters this entire system—restraining sensory pull and disciplining the mind—after which Brahman becomes directly evident.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a didactic, yogic register, defining the ‘indriyagrāma’ and emphasizing a practical sequence: first victory over the senses and mind, then the dawning of Brahman-knowledge.