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Shloka 5

Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्

शाल्मले! कुछ ऐसे कारण अवश्य हैं, जिनसे प्रेरित होकर वायुदेव निश्चितरूपसे सपरिवार तुम्हारी रक्षा करते हैं। निस्संदेह इसीसे यों ही खड़े रहते हो ।। शाल्मलिरुवाच न मे वायु: सखा ब्रह्मन्‌ न बन्धुर्न च मे सुहृत्‌ । परमेष्ठी तथा नैव येन रक्षति वानिल:,सेमलने कहा--ब्रह्मन! वायु न तो मेरा मित्र है, न बन्धु है, न सुहृद्‌ ही है। वह ब्रह्मा भी नहीं है, जो मेरी रक्षा करेगा

nārada uvāca | śālmale! kecid eva kāraṇā avaśyaṃ santi, yaiḥ preritō vāyudevaḥ saparivāraṃ niścitarūpeṇa tava rakṣāṃ karoti | niḥsaṃdeham etasmād eva tvaṃ yathā tathā sthitaḥ || śālmaliḥ uvāca | na me vāyuḥ sakhā brahman na bandhur na ca me suhṛt | parameṣṭhī tathā naiva yena rakṣati vānilaḥ ||

Nārada sprach: „O Śālmali! Es muss gewiss Ursachen geben, die den Windgott samt seinen Begleitern antreiben, dich zu schützen. Ohne Zweifel stehst du deshalb hier unversehrt.“ Śālmali erwiderte: „O Brahmane! Vāyu ist weder mein Freund noch mein Verwandter noch mein Wohlwollender. Und er ist auch nicht Parameṣṭhin, der Schöpfer, dessen Pflicht es wäre, mich zu schützen.“

शाल्मलिःShalmali (the speaker)
शाल्मलिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशाल्मलि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेof me / my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
वायुःWind (Vayu)
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सखाfriend
सखा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसखि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin / O sage
ब्रह्मन्:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बन्धुःkinsman, relative
बन्धुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nor
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेof me / my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
सुहृत्well-wisher, friend
सुहृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परमेष्ठीthe Supreme Lord / Brahmā (Paramesthin)
परमेष्ठी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरमेष्ठिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise, also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, even
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
येनby whom
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
रक्षतिprotects
रक्षति:
TypeVerb
Rootरक्ष्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
वानिलःwind (Vayu)
वानिलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवानिल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
Ś
Śālmali (tree)
V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva, Vānila)
P
Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā)

Educational Q&A

Protection or favor is not assumed to arise from personal friendship alone; Narada points to hidden causes (kāraṇas) behind divine action, prompting reflection on merit, destiny, and the unseen workings of dharma.

Narada observes that the Śālmali tree is being guarded by Vāyu and suggests there must be a reason. Śālmali responds by denying any personal relationship with Vāyu or special claim upon the Creator, setting up an inquiry into why such protection occurs.