Shloka 54
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
Devanagari script
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थाश्ष महाभूतानि पडच च
Transliteration
indriyāṇīndriyārthāś ca mahābhūtāni pañca ca | tataḥ svargam avāpnoti vimuktaḥ sarvabandhanaiḥ ||
Translation
风神伐由说道：凡能如实辨明诸根与其所缘境，并洞察五大之真实体性者，便能解脱一切系缚，由此得升天界。其伦理旨趣在于返观内心：解脱不在外在征服，而在于明知与离著——不再执取那束缚有身之生的诸要素。
Word by Word
इन्द्रियाणिsense-organs
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
इन्द्रियार्थाःobjects of the senses
इन्द्रियार्थाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रियार्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महाभूतानिthe great elements
महाभूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपञ्च
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ततःthereafter/then
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अवाप्नोतिattains
अवाप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootअव-आप्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
विमुक्तःfreed/liberated
विमुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-मुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वबन्धनैःfrom all bonds (lit. by/with all bonds)
सर्वबन्धनैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वबन्धन
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Wind-god)S
svarga (heaven)I
indriyas (senses)I
indriyārthas (sense-objects)M
mahābhūtas (five great elements)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Clear discernment of the constituents of experience—senses, their objects, and the five elements—loosens attachment; with bonds cut, one becomes free and attains svarga.
Vāyu delivers an instruction on inner freedom, explaining that right understanding of the sensory and elemental basis of embodied life leads to release from bondage and a higher post-mortem state.