Shloka 26
Uttanka’s Inquiry and Vāsudeva’s Adhyātma Exposition
Guṇa–Ritual–Immanence Teaching
कौमारं ब्रह्मचर्य ते जानामि द्विजसत्तम | दुःखार्जितस्य तपसस्तस्मान्नेच्छामि ते व्ययम्
kaumāraṁ brahmacaryaṁ te jānāmi dvijasattama | duḥkhārjitasya tapasas tasmān necchāmi te vyayam ||
Vāyu dijo: «Oh el mejor de los nacidos dos veces, conozco bien el brahmacarya que has observado desde la niñez. Por eso no deseo causarte merma alguna en tu austeridad, acumulada con doloroso esfuerzo.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity (tapas) and lifelong self-restraint (brahmacarya) are hard-won spiritual capital; even a deity should not casually diminish or waste another’s accumulated merit. The verse highlights ethical restraint and reverence toward disciplined virtue.
Vāyudeva addresses a revered twice-born ascetic, acknowledging his lifelong brahmacarya and the hardship through which his tapas was accumulated, and declares that he does not wish to cause any loss to that ascetic power.