Shloka 32

Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka

Book 14, Chapter 43

Devanagari script

वायव्यस्तु सदा स्पर्शस्त्वाचा प्रज्ञायते च सः । त्वक्स्थश्वैव सदा वायु: स्पर्शने स विधीयते

Transliteration

vāyavyas tu sadā sparśas tvacā prajñāyate ca saḥ | tvaksthaś caiva sadā vāyuḥ sparśane sa vidhīyate ||

Translation

వాయు పలికెను—వాయుతత్త్వానికి సహజగుణం ‘స్పర్శం’; అది చర్మముచే తెలిసును. చర్మంలో నివసించు వాయువు స్పర్శానుభవాన్ని కలిగించు సాధనముగా నియమింపబడెను.

Word by Word

• वायव्यः: airy; belonging to Vayu
• वायव्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायव्य (वायु-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• स्पर्शः: touch (tactile quality)
• स्पर्शः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वचा: by the skin
• त्वचा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रज्ञायते: is known/recognized
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ज्ञा
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal (भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सः: that/it (i.e., touch)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वक्स्थः: situated in the skin
• त्वक्स्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वक्-स्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• वायुः: Vayu/wind (air principle)
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्पर्शने: in/with regard to touch; in tactile perception
• स्पर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सः: he/it (Vayu)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधीयते: is assigned/ordained; is made to function
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• tvac (skin)
• sparśa (touch)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links an element (vāyu) with its intrinsic quality (sparśa, touch) and the corresponding sense-organ (tvac, skin), teaching that perception arises through the cooperation of element, organ, and the presiding principle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is explaining a doctrinal mapping of sensory experience: touch is the defining attribute of the wind-element, and the skin is the means by which that touch is known, with Vāyu functioning as the operative force within the skin.