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Shloka 37

Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga

Adhyātma-Upadeśa

बीजधर्मिण इत्याहु: प्रसव॑ च प्रकुर्वते । विशेषा: पञ्चभूतानां तेषां चित्तं विशेषणम्‌,उन पाँचो भूतोंके विशेष कार्य शब्द आदि विषय हैं। उन विषयोंका प्रवर्तक चित्त है

bījadharmiṇa ity āhuḥ prasavaṃ ca prakurvate | viśeṣāḥ pañcabhūtānāṃ teṣāṃ cittaṃ viśeṣaṇam ||

వాయుదేవుడు పలికెను—వీటిని ‘బీజధర్ములు’ అంటారు; ఎందుకంటే ఇవి సృష్టి-ప్రసవాన్ని కలిగిస్తాయి. పంచ మహాభూతాలకు శబ్దాది విషయాలనే ప్రత్యేక క్రియలు; ఆ విషయాలను ప్రవర్తింపజేసి నిర్దిష్టంగా చేయునది చిత్తమే.

बीजधर्मिणःhaving the nature of seed (seed-bearing)
बीजधर्मिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबीजधर्मिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
प्रसवम्production, generation
प्रसवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रकुर्वतेthey bring about, they produce
प्रकुर्वते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कृ
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
विशेषाःparticular qualities, specific features
विशेषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविशेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पञ्चभूतानाम्of the five elements
पञ्चभूतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चित्तम्mind, consciousness
चित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विशेषणम्the differentiator; that which specifies
विशेषणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविशेषण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
P
pañca-bhūta (five great elements)
C
citta (mind)

Educational Q&A

The verse links cosmology and psychology: the five elements have distinct sense-objects (sound, touch, form, taste, smell), but the mind (citta) is presented as the operative principle that activates and differentiates these experiences, making perception and engagement with objects possible.

Vāyudeva is explaining a doctrinal point about creation and experience: beings are termed ‘seed-bearing’ because they generate offspring, and he then shifts to how elemental qualities become meaningful in lived experience through the functioning of citta.