Shloka 6
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
शब्द: स्पर्शस्तथा रूप॑ रसो गन्धक्षु पञजचम: । क्रिया: करणनित्या: स्युरनित्या मोहसंज्ञिता:
śabdaḥ sparśas tathā rūpaṃ raso gandhaś ca pañcamaḥ | kriyāḥ karaṇa-nityāḥ syur anityā moha-saṃjñitāḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyu-deva: “Tunog, haplos, anyo, lasa, at bilang ikalima, amoy—kasama ang mga gawaing pandama na siyang tumatanggap sa mga ito—ay nananatili sapagkat kabilang sila sa antas ng sanhi (maselan at di-nakikita). Kaya kahit sa panahon ng pagkalusaw, hindi sila naglalaho gaya ng mga bagay na magaspang. Ang mga bagay na di-nananatili at magaspang ay tinatawag na ‘pagkalito,’ sapagkat nililinlang nila ang isip na ituring na tunay ang panandalian.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes the subtle, causal-level constituents (sense-objects and the sensory functions as rooted in subtle mind/causes) from gross, perishable manifestations. What is transient is labeled “moha” because attachment to it produces delusion; discernment of nitya vs. anitya supports detachment and clarity.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener in a philosophical register, explaining how perception works through the five sense-objects and their operations, and why gross impermanent things dissolve while subtler causal principles are treated as enduring in the context of pralaya.