Shloka 33

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

Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue

Devanagari script

सत्यं हि गुणसंयुक्त नियतं पठउचलक्षणम्‌,क्योंकि गुणोंसे युक्त हुआ सत्य ही पाँच लक्षणोंवाला निश्चित किया गया है

Transliteration

satyaṃ hi guṇasaṃyuktaṃ niyataṃ pañcalakṣaṇam

Translation

风神（Vāyu）说道：真实若与相应的德行相合，便被确立为一条恒定之理，具备五种界定之相。

Word by Word

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• गुणसंयुक्तम्: endowed with qualities
• गुणसंयुक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणसंयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नियतं: fixed/definite
• नियतं: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चलक्षणम्: having five characteristics
• पञ्चलक्षणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चलक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truth (satya) becomes a fully valid ethical principle when it is integrated with virtues (guṇas). It is not merely stating facts; it is regulated, value-aligned truthfulness recognized through defined criteria.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by defining satya as a virtue-qualified, rule-governed principle, and indicating that it is traditionally understood through five identifying marks.