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Shloka 17

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

इत्युक्तानीन्द्रियाण्येतान्येकादश यथाक्रमम्‌ । मन्यन्ते कृतमित्येवं विदित्वा तानि पण्डिता:

ity uktānīndriyāṇy etāny ekādaśa yathākramam | manyante kṛtam ity evaṁ viditvā tāni paṇḍitāḥ ||

Như vậy, mười một năng lực—của tri giác và của hành động—đã được trình bày theo đúng thứ tự. Bậc hiền trí, người thấu rõ bản tính chân thật của chúng, tự xem mình là đã viên mãn mục đích.

इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उक्तानिsaid, described
उक्तानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootउक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इन्द्रियाणिsense-organs
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
एतानिthese
एतानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
एकादशeleven
एकादश:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकादश
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
यथाas, according to
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
क्रमम्order, sequence
क्रमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्रम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मन्यन्तेthey think/consider
मन्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
कृतम्accomplished (thing), done
कृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवम्in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
विदित्वाhaving known
विदित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
तानिthem
तानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
पण्डिताःthe wise (men)
पण्डिताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपण्डित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vayudeva (Wind-god)
E
eleven indriyas (sense/action faculties)

Educational Q&A

Understanding the eleven indriyas in their proper order and true nature is presented as a mark of wisdom; such discernment supports self-mastery and leads one to feel 'kṛta'—that one’s essential aim has been accomplished.

Vāyudeva concludes a structured explanation of the eleven faculties (indriyas), stating that learned people who grasp their reality consider themselves fulfilled by that knowledge.