Shloka 4

Ahaṃkāra as the Second Creation: Brahmā’s Cosmological Instruction (अहंकार-प्राधान्येन सृष्टिवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

यह श्रोत्रादि इन्द्रियरूप देवोंका और मनका उत्पत्ति-स्थान एवं स्वयं भी देवस्वरूप है, इसलिये इसे त्रिलोकीका कर्त्ता माना गया है। यह सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌ अहंकारस्वरूप है, इसलिये यह अभिमन्ता कहा जाता है ।।

Transliteration

adhyātmajñānatṛptānāṁ munīnāṁ bhāvitātmanām | svādhyāyakratusiddhānām eṣa lokaḥ sanātanaḥ ||

Translation

伐由说道：对于那些以内在灵知而自足的牟尼，已调伏其心、观照真我，并以“自诵自学”（svādhyāya）之祭而臻于圆满者，此即他们必得的常住之界——永恒之境。

Word by Word

• अध्यात्मज्ञानतृप्तानाम्: of those satisfied with knowledge of the self
• अध्यात्मज्ञानतृप्तानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्यात्मज्ञानतृप्त (अध्यात्म-ज्ञान-तृप्त)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भावितात्मनाम्: of those whose selves are cultivated/meditated upon
• भावितात्मनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावितात्मन् (भावित-आत्मन्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• स्वाध्यायक्रतुसिद्धानाम्: of those accomplished in the sacrifice of self-study
• स्वाध्यायक्रतुसिद्धानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाध्यायक्रतुसिद्ध (स्वाध्याय-क्रतु-सिद्ध)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकः: world/realm
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• muni (sages)
• sanātana-loka (eternal realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner fulfillment arises from adhyātma-jñāna (knowledge of the Self) and disciplined cultivation of the mind; when svādhyāya (sacred study) is treated as a true yajña, it becomes a means to perfection, culminating in attainment of the ‘eternal realm’—a state aligned with timeless dharma and liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener about the spiritual destiny of accomplished sages: those who are inwardly satisfied by Self-knowledge and perfected through the ‘sacrifice’ of svādhyāya are said to reach an eternal realm, emphasizing contemplative practice over external achievement.