Shloka 113
Adhyāya 40: Brahmā on Mahān (The Great Principle) and the All-Pervading Puruṣa
Devanagari script
स धीर: सर्वलोकेषु न मोहमधिगच्छति । धैर्यशाली महर्षियो! जब पञ्चमहाभूतोंके विनाशके समय प्रलयकाल उपस्थित होता है
Transliteration
sa dhīraḥ sarvalokeṣu na moham adhigacchati |
Translation
风神伐由说道：坚忍自持之人，于任何世界都不陷于迷妄。当劫尽溶解之时到来——五大崩解、宇宙归于终末——一切众生皆为巨大恐惧所攫；然而真正明智而果决、了知真我者，即便在那一刻也不为迷乱所动。
Word by Word
सःhe/that (person)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धीरःsteadfast/wise man
धीरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वलोकेषुin all worlds/among all people
सर्वलोकेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मोहम्delusion
मोहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमोह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अधिगच्छतिattains/comes to (falls into)
अधिगच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-गम्
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyudeva (Wind-god)P
pralaya (cosmic dissolution)P
pañca-mahā-bhūta (five great elements)S
sarva-loka (all worlds)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
True steadiness comes from Self-knowledge: even when the world is shaken by fear—up to the cosmic dissolution—the dhīra (wise, self-controlled person) does not succumb to moha (delusion).
Vāyudeva is instructing about the contrast between ordinary beings who panic at pralaya and the enlightened, resolute person who remains unbewildered, presenting an ethical-spiritual ideal of inner stability.