Shloka 3
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
गुरुणा समनुज्ञातो भुज्जीतान्नमकुत्सयन् । हविष्यभैक्ष्यभुक् चापि स्थानासनविहारवान्,गुरुकी आज्ञा लेकर भोजन करे। भोजनके समय अन्नकी निन्दा न करे। भिक्षाके अन्नको हविष्य मानकर ग्रहण करे। एक स्थानपर रहे। एक आसनसे बैठे और नियत समयमें भ्रमण करे
guruṇā samanujñāto bhuñjītānnam akutsayan | haviṣyabhaikṣyabhuk cāpi sthānāsanavihāravān ||
Vāyu said: “Having received his teacher’s permission, he should eat his food without disparaging it. Even when living on alms, he should accept that begged food as if it were a sacrificial offering (havis). He should remain in a fixed place, keep to a single seat, and go out for walking only at regulated times.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Discipline rooted in humility and reverence: eat only with the teacher’s sanction, never disparage food, treat alms as sacred like an oblation, and maintain regulated, restrained habits of residence, sitting, and movement.
Vāyudeva is instructing on proper conduct (niyama) for a disciplined life—especially the etiquette of eating and restraint—framing everyday acts like accepting alms as spiritually significant and governed by the guru’s authority.