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Shloka 25

Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman

Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda

हविर्भूता गुणा: सर्वे प्रविशन्त्यग्निजं गुणम्‌ | अन्तर्वासमुषित्वा च जायन्ते स्वासु योनिषु

havirbhūtā guṇāḥ sarve praviśanty agnijaṃ guṇam | antarvāsaṃ uṣitvā ca jāyante svāsu yoniṣu ||

风神伐由说道:“一切诸德性(guṇa)皆如供献之物。它们进入‘由火而生的德性’——即由认知之内火所生的心之作用——在内中以潜在印记(saṃskāra)而住。既住其间,便依其自性,于各自之胎源(yoni)中再度出生。”

हविःभूताःhaving become oblations; oblation-formed
हविःभूताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहविःभूत (हविस् + भूत)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गुणाःqualities
गुणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रविशन्तिenter
प्रविशन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + विश्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
अग्निजम्fire-born; produced from fire
अग्निजम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्निज (अग्नि + ज)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गुणम्quality; property
गुणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अन्तर्वासम्inner dwelling; residence within
अन्तर्वासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर्वास (अन्तर् + वास)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उषित्वाhaving dwelt; having stayed
उषित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवस्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जायन्तेare born; come to be
जायन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada
स्वासुin their own
स्वासु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
योनिषुwombs; sources; species
योनिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
G
guṇas
H
havis (oblations)
A
agni (fire, implied by agnija)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that tendencies (guṇas) do not vanish; they are ‘offered’ into an inner transformative fire, remain as latent impressions (saṃskāras) in the inner instrument, and later manifest as rebirth in corresponding forms—highlighting moral causality and continuity of character across lives.

Vāyu-deva is explaining a subtle doctrine: how qualities and dispositions enter an inner, fire-like cognitive principle, persist invisibly within, and then re-emerge as embodied birth in appropriate wombs, aligning the listener’s understanding of action, disposition, and consequence.