Shloka 8
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
प्राणापानावुदानश्च॒ समानो व्यान एव च,प्राण, अपान, उदान, समान और व्यान--ये पाँच वायु नियतरूपसे शरीरके भीतर निवास करते हैं; अतः ये सूक्ष्म हैं। मन, वाणी और बुद्धिके साथ गिननेसे इनकी संख्या आठ होती है। ये आठ इस जगतके उपादान कारण हैं
prāṇāpānāv udānaś ca samāno vyāna eva ca | prāṇa apāna udāna samāna vyāna—ime pañca vāyavo niyatarūpeṇa śarīrasya bhitare nivasanti; ataḥ te sūkṣmāḥ | manaḥ vāṇī ca buddhiś ca saha gaṇanāt eṣāṃ saṅkhyā aṣṭau bhavati | ime aṣṭau asya jagata upādāna-kāraṇāni |
پرَان، اپان، اُدان، سمان اور ویان—یہ پانچ وائیں مقرر طور پر جسم کے اندر رہتی ہیں؛ اسی لیے یہ لطیف ہیں۔ جب ان کے ساتھ من، وانی اور بدھی کو بھی شمار کیا جائے تو تعداد آٹھ ہو جاتی ہے۔ یہی آٹھ اس جگت کے اُپادان (مادی) اسباب ہیں۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches an inner, ethical metaphysics: the human being is sustained by five subtle vital airs, and when mind, speech, and intellect are added, these eight principles form the constitutive basis of embodied experience and the world as we engage it. Self-knowledge begins by recognizing these subtle supports rather than identifying solely with the gross body.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener by enumerating the vital functions within the body and expanding the count to eight by including mind, speech, and intellect, presenting them as foundational constituents (upādāna-kāraṇas) relevant to understanding life, embodiment, and the structure of worldly experience.