Shloka 17
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
Devanagari script
इत्युक्तानीन्द्रियाण्येतान्येकादश यथाक्रमम् । मन्यन्ते कृतमित्येवं विदित्वा तानि पण्डिता:
Transliteration
ity uktānīndriyāṇy etāny ekādaśa yathākramam | manyante kṛtam ity evaṁ viditvā tāni paṇḍitāḥ ||
Translation
如是，感知与行动的十一种机能，已依次第宣说。凡能明辨其真实本性之智者，皆自谓所求已办。
Word by Word
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
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vayudeva (Wind-god)E
eleven indriyas (sense/action faculties)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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.