Shloka 4
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
मन: सृष्टिं विकुरुते चोद्यमानं सिसृक्षया । आकाशं जायते तस्मात् तस्य शब्दं गुणं विदु:
manaḥ sṛṣṭiṁ vikurute codyamānaṁ sisṛkṣayā | ākāśaṁ jāyate tasmāt tasya śabdaṁ guṇaṁ viduḥ ||
ویاس نے کہا—جب من تخلیق کی خواہش سے تحریک پاتا ہے تو وہ طرح طرح کی سَرجنا (سِرِشتی) کی کارگزاری انجام دیتا ہے۔ اسی سے آکاش (فضا/اثیر) پیدا ہوتا ہے، اور دانا لوگ اس کی صفتِ خاص ‘شبد’ (آواز) کو مانتے ہیں۔
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation begins with an inner impulse: when mind is driven by the intention to create, manifestation proceeds, and the first subtle element identified here is ākāśa, whose distinctive property is śabda (sound).
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa explains a step in the cosmological sequence: the mind, moved by the urge to create, initiates differentiation, from which ākāśa arises, characterized by sound.