Shloka 1
Adhyāya 48: Brahmopadeśa on Prāṇāyāma, Sāttvika Vṛtti, and the Sattva–Kṣetrajña Question
ऑपन---र< बक। ] अति्णऑकफा:<ह अष्टचत्वारिशो<्ध्याय: आत्मा और परमात्माके स्वरूपका विवेचन ब्रह्मोवाच केचिद् ब्रह्ममयं वृक्ष केचिद् ब्रह्मवनं महत् । केचित्तु ब्रह्म चाव्यक्ते केचित् परमनामयम् | मन्यन्ते सर्वमप्येतदव्यक्तप्रभवाव्ययम्
brahmovāca | kecid brahmamayaṁ vṛkṣaṁ kecid brahmavanaṁ mahat | kecit tu brahma cāvyakte kecit paramanāmayam | manyante sarvam apy etad avyaktaprabhavāvyayam ||
梵天（Brahmā）说道：“诸位大圣仙啊，有人认为这整个树体即是梵（Brahman）之性；也有人称之为广大无边的‘梵之森林’。有人说梵寓于未显（Unmanifest）之中；也有人称其为至上、无忧的真实。然众说虽异，皆认定此整体由未显而生，且不坏不灭。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Different sages describe the same ultimate reality in varied metaphors—tree, forest, unmanifest Brahman, or the supreme sorrowless state—yet agree that the manifested whole proceeds from the Unmanifest and is ultimately imperishable.
Brahmā addresses the assembled seers and summarizes their diverse philosophical characterizations of the cosmic principle, framing a discussion on the nature of the self, the supreme Self, and the source of manifestation.