Shloka 40

Devanagari script

सर्वभावानतिक्रम्य लघुमात्र: परिव्रजेत्‌ सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु स्थावरेषु चरेषु च,सब प्रकारके पदार्थोकी आसक्तिका उल्लंघन करके थोड़ेमें संतुष्ट हो सब ओर विचरता रहे। स्थावर और जंगम सभी प्राणियोंके प्रति समान भाव रखे

Transliteration

sarvabhāvān atikramya laghumātraḥ parivrajet | samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu sthāvareṣu careṣu ca ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Transcending attachment to every state and object of experience, one should wander as a renunciant, content with very little. Let him maintain an equal regard toward all beings—both the immobile and the moving.”

Word by Word

सर्वभावान्all states/attachments (all dispositions)

अतिक्रम्यhaving overstepped/transcended

लघुमात्रःcontent with little (of small measure)

परिव्रजेत्should wander/roam

समःequal, impartial

सर्वेषुin/among all

भूतेषुbeings, creatures

स्थावरेषुamong immobile (beings)

चरेषुamong mobile (beings)

चand

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches vairāgya (non-attachment) and sama-darśana (equal vision): transcend clinging to all objects and mental states, live with minimal needs, and cultivate impartial goodwill toward every form of life—immobile and mobile.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a dharma-oriented discourse, presenting the ideal conduct of a wandering ascetic: moving through the world without possessiveness and without discrimination among beings.