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Shloka 226

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

अधिभूतं तथा गन्धो वायुस्तत्राधिदैवतम्‌ । पृथ्वी पाँचवाँ भूत है। नासिका उसका अध्यात्म, गन्ध उसका अधिभूत और वायु उसका अधिदैवत कहा जाता है

adhibhūtaṁ tathā gandho vāyus tatrādhidaivatam |

พระวายุเทพตรัสว่า “ในที่นี้ ‘กลิ่น’ เป็นอธิภูต และ ‘วายุ’ เป็นอธิไทวตะของมัน” ปฤถวี (ธาตุดิน) เป็นภูตที่ห้า; จมูกเป็นอธยาตมะ กลิ่นเป็นอธิภูต และวายุเป็นอธิไทวตะผู้กำกับ.

अधिभूतम्the adhibhūta (pertaining to the elemental/physical plane)
अधिभूतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधिभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाand/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
गन्धःsmell, odor
गन्धः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वायुःwind; air
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्रthere; in that (context/organ/element)
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अधिदैवतम्the adhidaivata (presiding deity principle)
अधिदैवतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधिदैवत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Wind-god)
G
gandha (smell/fragrance)

Educational Q&A

It maps perception into a threefold framework: the external object (adhibhūta: smell/fragrance), the divine regulator (adhidaivata: Vāyu), and implicitly the inner faculty (adhyātma, understood here as the nose/smell-sense). This encourages disciplined awareness and sense-restraint by recognizing a cosmic order behind sensory experience.

Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener in a doctrinal exposition on the elements and senses, specifying which external object and which presiding deity correspond to the domain of smell.