Shloka 16
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
कामक्रोधद्वेषमुक्ता नि:संगा वीतकल्मषा: । सत्त्वस्था निरहड्कारा नित्यमध्यात्मकोविदा:
kāmakrodhadveṣamuktā niḥsaṅgā vītakalmaṣāḥ | sattvasthā nirahaṅkārā nityam adhyātmakovidāḥ ||
El Deva dijo: «Quienes están libres del deseo, la ira y el odio —desapegados, purificados de toda mancha— establecidos en la sattva, sin egoísmo y siempre diestros en el discernimiento espiritual interior: tales personas encarnan el ideal ético del dominio de sí y de la sabiduría íntima que conduce más allá de la esclavitud.»
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from the triad of desire, anger, and hatred, together with detachment, purity, sattvic steadiness, and absence of ego, is presented as the mark of true spiritual maturity and ethical excellence.
A divine speaker is describing the qualities of exemplary persons—those fit for higher spiritual attainment—by listing inner virtues (purity, detachment, ego-transcendence) rather than external status or ritual.