Shloka 138
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
तस्मादस्म्यागतो विप्रा वासवं मां निबोधत । अलोभादक्षया लोकाः: प्राप्ता वै सार्वकामिका:
tasmād asmy āgato viprā vāsavaṃ māṃ nibodhata | alobhād akṣayā lokāḥ prāptā vai sārvakāmikāḥ ||
সেইবাবে, হে ব্ৰাহ্মণসকল, মই (তোমালোকৰ ওচৰলৈ) আহিছোঁ; মোক বাসৱ (ইন্দ্ৰ) বুলি জানিবা। লোভত্যাগৰ দ্বাৰাই সৰ্বকামফলদায়ক অক্ষয় লোক লাভ হয়।
शुन:सख उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that alobha—freedom from greed and grasping—is a decisive ethical virtue that leads to enduring (akṣaya) spiritual reward, described as imperishable realms that can fulfill all legitimate aspirations.
Śunaḥsakha addresses a group of brāhmaṇas and reveals his identity as Vāsava (Indra). He explains that his appearance and message are tied to praising non-greed, asserting that such restraint is the cause by which one attains imperishable heavenly worlds.