Shloka 72
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
ब्रह्मा शक्रो मारुतो ब्रह्म सत्यं वेदा यज्ञा दक्षिणा वेदवाहा: । सोमो यष्टा यच्च हव्यं हविश्व रक्षा दीक्षा संयमा ये च केचित्
brahmā śakro māruto brahma satyaṁ vedā yajñā dakṣiṇā vedavāhāḥ | somo yaṣṭā yac ca havyaṁ haviś ca rakṣā dīkṣā saṁyamā ye ca kecit ||
Vāyu dit : «Brahmā, Indra et moi (Marut/Vāyu) ; la syllabe sacrée Brahman et la Vérité ; les Veda, les sacrifices et la rétribution rituelle (dakṣiṇā) ; les porteurs du Veda ; Soma ; le sacrifiant ; ce qui est offert en oblation et l’oblation elle-même ; la protection, la consécration (dīkṣā) et toutes les formes de maîtrise de soi—tout ce qui est de cet ordre : sachez que tout cela s’enracine dans l’ordre sacré que soutient le Grand Seigneur, Mahādeva.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual power (Veda, yajña, oblations) and ethical power (satya, saṁyama, dīkṣā) are presented as parts of one sacred, divinely grounded order; true dharma integrates truthfulness, disciplined restraint, and rightful worship rather than treating them as separate domains.
Vāyu speaks in a didactic setting, listing major deities and key ritual-ethical elements to assert their sanctity and interdependence, reinforcing that the foundations of religious practice and moral discipline are upheld by higher divine principles.