Shloka 11
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
अष्टौ यस्याग्नयो होते न दहने मन: सदा । स तद् ब्रह्म शुभं याति तस्माद् भूयो न विद्यते
aṣṭau yasyāgnayo hote na dahane manaḥ sadā | sa tad brahma śubhaṃ yāti tasmād bhūyo na vidyate ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Yaong ang walong panloob na ‘apoy’ ay hindi laging nanununog sa isip—sapagkat napipigil ang mga pandama, nalinis ang isip, at nananatiling matatag ang talino sa iisang pasya—ang taong iyon ay nakakamit ang mapalad na Brahman, na wala nang hihigit pa.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mastery over the senses and steadiness of mind and intellect prevent the inner ‘fires’ of sensory craving from burning the mind; such inner discipline culminates in attaining the highest good—Brahman—beyond which nothing surpasses.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a spiritual-ethical teaching: he describes the ideal disciplined person whose senses and mind are not inflamed by impulses, and he states the फल (result)—attainment of auspicious Brahman.