Shloka 1
Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)
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brahmovāca | bhūtānām atha pañcānāṃ yathaiṣām īśvaraṃ manaḥ | niyame ca visarge ca bhūtātmā mana eva ca ||
梵天曰：“诸仙人啊，正如心识能在五大之生起与调御中施行统摄，同样在其存续之时，唯有此心被称为众生之内我。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates mind (manas) as the governing principle behind the five great elements: it regulates their arising and ordering, and it is also described as their inner self during their continuance. The ethical implication is that mastery and purification of mind is central to self-knowledge and liberation.
Within the Anugītā discourse in the Aśvamedhika Parva, Brahmā addresses the assembled seers and begins a teaching on tapas, the nature of the self, and the glory of knowing it, framing the mind as the key principle that governs embodied existence.