Shloka 7
Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्
आगच्छन् परुषो वायुर्मया विष्टम्भितो बलात् | भज्जन् ट्रुमान् पर्वतांश्व॒ यच्चान्यदपि किंचन,जिस समय वायुदेवता वृक्ष, पर्वत तथा दूसरी वस्तुओंको तोड़ता-फोड़ता हुआ मेरे पास पहुँचता है, उस समय मैं बलसे उसकी गतिको रोक देता हूँ
āgacchan paruṣo vāyur mayā viṣṭambhito balāt | bhajjan drumān parvatāṁś ca yac cānyad api kiṁcana ||
শাল্মলি বলল—যখন উগ্র বায়ুদেব বৃক্ষ, পর্বত এবং পথে যা কিছু পড়ে তা ভেঙে চুরমার করতে করতে আমার দিকে আসে, তখন আমি বলপ্রয়োগে তার গতি রোধ করে তাকে থামিয়ে দিই।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ideal of restraint: even overwhelming force (symbolized by Vāyu’s destructive motion) can be checked by disciplined strength and self-mastery, suggesting that true power is the capacity to control and redirect force rather than be carried away by it.
Nārada describes an event (or capability) in which the Wind-god approaches violently, breaking trees and mountains, and Nārada—by his own strength—halts the wind’s movement, portraying the extraordinary restraining power attributed to great sages.