Shloka 3
बल॑ शौर्य मदो रोषो व्यायामकलहावपि । ईष्येप्सा पिशुनं युद्ध ममत्वं परिपालनम्
balaṁ śaurya-mado roṣo vyāyāma-kalahāv api | īṣyā-īpsā piśunaṁ yuddhaṁ mamatvaṁ paripālanam ||
Vāyu sprach: „Kraft, der Rausch der Tapferkeit, Zorn, Anstrengung und selbst Streit; Neid und gieriges Verlangen nach Besitz; Verleumdung; Krieg; das Festhalten am ‚Mein‘; und der Drang, zu hüten und zu bewahren, was man ‚mein‘ nennt—das sind die Kräfte, die aufsteigen und die Wesen antreiben.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists inner drives—pride, anger, jealousy, covetousness, slander, possessiveness—that spill outward into conflict and war. Ethically, it points to the need for restraint and discernment: unchecked passions turn even strength and valor into causes of harm.
Vāyu (the Wind-god) is speaking and enumerating a set of human impulses and behaviors. The statement functions as a diagnostic catalogue of forces that propel beings toward quarrel, aggression, and the urge to defend ‘mine,’ setting a moral frame for the surrounding discussion.