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Shloka 186

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

अधिभूतं तथा शब्दो दिशस्तत्राधिदैवतम्‌ । अब समस्त ज्ञानेन्द्रियोंके भूत

adhibhūtaṃ tathā śabdo diśas tatrādhidaivatam |

وایو دیو نے کہا—“اس مقام پر شبد (آواز) ادھی بھوت ہے اور دِشائیں اس کی ادھی دیوتا ہیں۔” اسی طرح ہر گیانیندریہ کے لیے ادھیاتم، ادھی بھوت اور ادھی دیوتا کی ترتیب بیان کی جاتی ہے۔ آکاش پہلا بھوت ہے؛ کان اس کا ادھیاتم، شبد اس کا ادھی بھوت، اور دِشائیں اس کی ادھی دیوتا کہی گئی ہیں۔

अधिभूतम्the adhibhūta (pertaining to elements/objects)
अधिभूतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधिभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाand/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
शब्दःsound
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दिशःthe directions
दिशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक: दिशा)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तत्रthere/in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अधिदैवतम्the adhidaivata (presiding deity aspect)
अधिदैवतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधिदैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)
शब्द (sound)
दिशा (the directions)

Educational Q&A

It teaches a triadic analysis of experience: the inner faculty (adhyātma), its external object-field (adhibhūta), and the presiding divine order (adhidaivata). For hearing, sound is the object and the directions are the governing principle, encouraging discernment between self, objects, and the cosmic order that regulates them.

Vāyu-deva is explaining a systematic enumeration of the senses and their corresponding objects and deities. This verse states the specific correspondences for the auditory domain: sound as the object (adhibhūta) and the directions as the presiding deity (adhidaivata), within a broader instructional discourse.