Shloka 4
Kāma–Mamatā–Upadeśa
Discourse on Desire, Possessiveness, and Ritual Duty
ब्रह्ममृत्यू ततो राजन्नात्मन्येव व्यवस्थितौ । अदृश्यमानौ भूतानि योधयेतामसंशयम्
brahmamṛtyū tato rājann ātmany eva vyavasthitau | adṛśyamānau bhūtāni yodhayetām asaṃśayam ||
বায়ু বললেন— অতএব, রাজন, অমৃতত্ব (ব্রহ্মস্বরূপ) ও মৃত্যু—উভয়ই আত্মার মধ্যেই প্রতিষ্ঠিত। অদৃশ্য থেকেও এ দু’টি নিঃসন্দেহে জীবদের সংঘাতে প্ররোচিত করে।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Death and deathlessness are not merely external events but inner principles: one’s orientation toward the Self (brahma/amṛta) leads toward freedom, while identification with separative notions fosters mortality-bound fear and aggression. The verse points to possessiveness—‘mine’ versus ‘not mine’—as an unseen driver that provokes beings into conflict.
Vāyudeva addresses the king and explains a subtle cause behind warfare and hostility. He frames conflict as arising from invisible inner forces—mortality and immortality—operating within beings, especially through the psychology of attachment and exclusion.