Shloka 126
Sāttvika-vṛtta-kathana (Brahmā on the Conduct of Sattva) — Chapter 38
ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस इत्येते देवा वैकारिका: स्मृता: । सत्त्वगुणसम्पन्न महात्मा स्वर्गवासी देवताओंकी भाँति ईशित्व
Ūrdhvasrotasa ity ete devā vaikārikāḥ smṛtāḥ | sattvaguṇasampannaḥ mahātmā svargavāsī devatāvat īśitva-vaśitva-laghimādi mānasikāḥ siddhīḥ prāpnoti | sa ūrdhvasrotaḥ vaikāriko deva iti manyate |
Vāyu dijo: «A quienes se les llama “de corriente ascendente” se les recuerda como los dioses Vaikārika. Un gran espíritu, dotado de la cualidad de sattva y morador del cielo, alcanza—como las deidades—perfecciones mentales tales como el señorío (īśitva), el dominio (vaśitva) y la ligereza (laghimā), entre otras. A tal ser se le considera un Ūrdhvasrotas y una deidad Vaikārika.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links spiritual refinement (dominance of sattva) with an ‘upward’ inner orientation, describing how such purity and clarity are traditionally said to culminate in divine-like mental powers (siddhis) and a higher mode of existence.
Vāyu is explaining a doctrinal classification: beings who are ‘ūrdhvasrotas’ are identified with the Vaikārika class of gods, and he describes the qualities and attainments associated with them—especially sattva and the acquisition of mental siddhis.