Shloka 13

Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas

Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच तस्मै सम्प्रतिपन्नाय यथावत्‌ परिपृच्छते । शिष्याय गुणयुक्ताय शान्ताय प्रियवर्तिने

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca: tasmai sampratipannāya yathāvat paripṛcchate | śiṣyāya guṇayuktāya śāntāya priyavartine ||

Translation

Vāyudeva nói: Với người đệ tử ấy—kẻ đã hoàn toàn nương tựa nơi thầy và hỏi theo đúng phép—vị thầy đã đáp lại một cách thích đáng. Người đệ tử có đủ đức hạnh, tính tình điềm tĩnh, luôn làm điều khiến thầy hoan hỷ, kề cận như bóng với hình. Vì vậy, khi được hỏi, vị đạo sư trí tuệ, giữ giới nguyện, đã trả lời chính xác mọi câu hỏi đã nêu trước đó.

Word by Word

• वायुदेवः: Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• वायुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• सम्प्रतिपन्नाय: to (one) who had taken refuge / approached
• सम्प्रतिपन्नाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्प्रतिपन्न
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• परिपृच्छते: to (one who) asks/inquires
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• शिष्याय: to the disciple
• शिष्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• गुणयुक्ताय: to the virtuous/qualified (one)
• गुणयुक्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शान्ताय: to the calm (one)
• शान्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रियवर्तिने: to one who acts pleasingly (to the teacher)
• प्रियवर्तिने: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियवर्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right learning depends on right approach: a disciple should surrender ego, inquire properly, remain calm and virtuous, and act for the teacher’s good; then the teacher’s instruction becomes precise and fruitful.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes an exemplary student who has approached his guru correctly and asks questions in the proper way; in response, the wise, vow-keeping teacher answers the previously raised questions accurately.