Shloka 49
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
यथाग्निरिन्धनैरिद्धों महाज्योति: प्रकाशते । तथेन्द्रियनिरोधेन महानात्मा प्रकाशते,जैसे ईंधन डालनेसे आग प्रज्वलित होकर अत्यन्त उद्दीप्त दिखायी देती है, उसी प्रकार इन्द्रियोंका निरोध करनेसे परमात्माके प्रकाशका विशेष अनुभव होने लगता है
yathāgnir indhanair iddho mahājyotiḥ prakāśate | tathendriya-nirodhena mahān ātmā prakāśate ||
ఇంధనంతో ప్రదీప్తమైన అగ్ని మహాతేజస్సుతో ప్రకాశించినట్లే, ఇంద్రియనిగ్రహం వల్ల మహాత్ముని ప్రకాశం వ్యక్తమవుతుంది.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-restraint (indriya-nirodha) is presented as the practical means by which the inner Self’s luminosity becomes evident. As fuel makes fire blaze visibly, disciplined control of the senses makes the Self’s presence and clarity more directly experienced.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener through a vivid simile: fire’s radiance increases when properly fed, and likewise the ‘great Self’ becomes manifest when the senses are brought under control. The verse functions as a didactic moment emphasizing yogic discipline within the broader post-war ethical-spiritual instruction of the parva.