Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अहंकारश्न भूतादिवैंकारिक इति स्मृत: । तेजसश्नैतना धातु: प्रजासर्ग: प्रजापति:

Transliteration

ahaṅkāraś ca bhūtādivaikārika iti smṛtaḥ | tejasaś caitanā dhātuḥ prajā-sargaḥ prajāpatiḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Vāyu-deva: “Ang ahaṅkāra (prinsipyo ng diwang ‘ako’) ay inaalala bilang vaikarika na pinagmumulan, na mula rito’y sumusulong ang mga elemento at ang kanilang mga pagbabago. Mula sa tejas (prinsipyong maalab) ay lumilitaw ang dhātu na tinatawag na ‘cetanā’ (kamalayan/pagkakabuhay); at si Prajāpati ang tagapagganap ng paglikha ng mga nilalang.”

Word by Word

अहंकारःego, self-sense

भूतादिवैकारिकःthe (ahaṃkāra) that is the source of beings etc.; the bhūtādi-vaikārika (type of ego)

इतिthus

स्मृतःis remembered/called

तेजसःof tejas; of brilliance/fire-element

एतनाthis (one) (f.)

धातुःelement, constituent, source

प्रजासर्गःcreation of creatures/progeny

प्रजापतिःPrajāpati, lord of creatures

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Ahaṅkāra

Tejas

Cetanā

Prajāpati

Bhūtas (elements)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse outlines a metaphysical chain of causation: the ego-principle (ahaṅkāra) is treated as a key evolute linked with the emergence of elemental categories, while tejas is associated with the arising of ‘cetanā’ (animation/sentience), culminating in Prajāpati as the organizing creator of living beings. Ethically, it frames human agency and identity as derivative principles within a larger cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is explaining doctrinal cosmology—how creation and life-principles are accounted for—using technical categories (ahaṅkāra, tejas, cetanā, Prajāpati). The passage functions as instruction, situating the listener within a structured view of the universe and the origins of beings.