Shloka 47
Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas
Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue
महानात्मा तथाव्यक्तमहंकारस्तथैव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैक॑ च महाभूतानि पठच च
mahānātmā tathāvyaktam ahaṅkāras tathaiva ca | indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca mahābhūtāni pañca ca | avyaktā prakṛtiḥ, mahattattvam, ahaṅkāraḥ, daśendriyāṇi, ekaṃ manaḥ, pañca mahābhūtāni ca teṣāṃ śabdādiviśeṣaguṇāḥ—eṣa caturviṃśatitattvānāṃ sanātanaḥ sargaḥ | tathā ekaḥ jīvātmā—iti tattvānāṃ saṅkhyā pañcaviṃśatir uktā |
Wika ni Vāyu: “Naroon ang Di-nahahayag (Avyakta), gayundin ang Dakilang Simulain (Mahat), at ang pagkamakasarili (ahaṃkāra); ang sampung pandama at ang iisang isip; at ang limang dakilang elemento kasama ang kani-kanilang tiyak na katangian gaya ng tunog at iba pa. Ito ang walang hanggang paglalang ng dalawampu’t apat na simulain. At kapag idinagdag ang indibidwal na sarili (jīva), sinasabing dalawampu’t lima ang bilang ng mga simulain.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vāyu presents a Sāṅkhya-style enumeration of reality: the 24 material principles (from unmanifest prakṛti through mahat, ahaṅkāra, mind, senses, elements and their qualities) constitute the eternal process of manifestation; adding the conscious individual self yields a total of 25 principles.
In the Ashvamedhika Parva’s instructional discourse, Vāyu speaks as a teacher, shifting the focus from external events to inner knowledge by defining the constituents of the world and the self, guiding the listener toward discernment between nature (prakṛti and its evolutes) and the conscious jīva.