Shloka 47

अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः

The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise

Devanagari script

यावत्‌ स भगवान ब्रह्मा न बुध्येत महातपा: । तावत्‌ त्वमिह विप्रषें विश्रब्धश्नर वै सुखम्‌,ब्रह्मर्ष! इस प्रकार मैंने तुम्हें अपने स्वरूपका उपदेश किया है, जिसका जानना देवता और असुरोंके लिये भी कठिन है। जबतक महातपस्वी भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माका जागरण न हो, तबतक तुम श्रद्धा और विश्वासपूर्वक सुखसे विचरते रहो

Transliteration

yāvat sa bhagavān brahmā na budhyeta mahātapāḥ | tāvat tvam iha viprarṣe viśrabdhaś cara vai sukham ||

Translation

Die Gottheit sprach: „Solange der erhabene Brahmā, der große Asket, noch nicht erwacht ist, bleibe hier, o brahmarṣi—wandle in Ruhe, frei von Furcht und Zweifel, mit Vertrauen und Zuversicht.“

Word by Word

• {'yāvat': 'as long as

• until', 'sa': 'he

• that (person)', 'bhagavān': 'the Blessed One

• venerable lord', 'brahmā': 'Brahmā (the creator deity)', 'na budhyeta': 'does not awaken/realize

• does not become aware', 'mahātapāḥ': 'great ascetic

• one of mighty austerities', 'tāvat': 'so long

• until then', 'tvam': 'you', 'iha': 'here', 'viprarṣe': 'O sage among brāhmaṇas (vocative)', 'viśrabdhaḥ': 'confident

• at ease', 'cara': 'wander

• conduct yourself', 'vai': 'indeed

• surely (emphatic particle)', 'sukham': 'happily

Speaker

देव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Deva (speaker)
• Brahmā
• Viprarṣi/Brahmarṣi (addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maintain calm confidence and live rightly in the present moment; when events are governed by a larger cosmic timing, anxiety is replaced by trust, steadiness, and disciplined ease.

What is happening in the narrative?

A divine speaker addresses a brahmarṣi, assuring him of safety and freedom to remain at ease ‘until Brahmā awakens,’ marking a temporary pause before the next divinely ordered development.