Shloka 22
अथ मामब्रवीद् भूय: स मुनि: संशितव्रत: । कृष्ण पायसमिच्छामि भोक्तुमित्येव सत्वर:
atha mām abravīd bhūyaḥ sa muniḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | kṛṣṇa pāyasam icchāmi bhoktum ity eva satvaraḥ ||
Alors ce sage, ferme et rigoureux dans ses vœux, revint vers moi en hâte et dit : «Ô Kṛṣṇa, je veux manger du pāyasa (riz au lait sucré) sur-le-champ.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up an ethical test: a disciplined sage expresses an urgent desire for a specific food. It implicitly raises questions of dharma—how one should respond to requests (hospitality, compassion) while also recognizing the role of desire and urgency even in ascetic life.
Speaking as Vāyudeva, the narrator reports that a strict-vowed sage returns and quickly tells him, addressing Kṛṣṇa, that he wants to eat pāyasa immediately—an event that typically functions as the trigger for the next action or moral evaluation in the episode.