Shloka 63
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
ईश्वरं सम्प्रपद्यन्ते द्विजा भावितभावना: । सर्वथा वर्तमानो5पि यो भक्त: परमेश्वरे
īśvaraṃ samprapadyante dvijā bhāvitabhāvanāḥ | sarvathā vartamāno 'pi yo bhaktaḥ parameśvare
Vāyu berkata: “Para brahmana yang batinnya terlatih dan tertata mengambil perlindungan pada Tuhan. Dan siapa pun, dalam keadaan apa pun ia hidup—bila ia seorang bhakta Sang Parameśvara—dialah yang sungguh teguh dalam kebajikan tertinggi.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True spiritual standing is grounded in taking refuge in the Supreme Lord; cultivated, disciplined persons naturally surrender to Īśvara, and devotion to Parameśvara remains decisive even when one’s external mode of life varies.
Vāyu is speaking and highlights a criterion for religious worth: the twice-born who have refined their inner disposition seek the Lord as their refuge, and he underscores the significance of devotion to the Supreme regardless of one’s outward circumstances.