Shloka 43
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
यं च वेदविदो वेद्यं वेदान्ते च प्रतिष्ठितम् । प्राणायामपरा नित्यं यं विशन्ति जपन्ति च
yaṃ ca vedavido vedyaṃ vedānte ca pratiṣṭhitam | prāṇāyāmaparā nityaṃ yaṃ viśanti japanti ca ||
وایو نے کہا—وہ حقیقت جسے وید کے جاننے والے جاننے کے لائق کہتے ہیں اور جو ویدانت میں قائم ہے، پرانایام کے پابند سادھک اسی ابدی تَتّو میں برابر داخل ہوتے ہیں اور اسی کا جپ اور دھیان کرتے ہیں۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies a single supreme, eternal Reality as the highest object of knowledge affirmed by the Vedas and clarified in Vedānta, and says that disciplined yogins—especially those devoted to prāṇāyāma and mantra-japa—contemplate it and ultimately ‘enter’ or merge into it, implying liberation through inner realization rather than external gain.
Vāyu is speaking in a didactic context within the Anuśāsana Parva, describing the recognized goal of Vedic and yogic practice: the Vedāntic Principle that sages meditate upon, recite, and realize through yogic discipline.