Shloka 29
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थ हि प्रतिज्ैषा ममाव्यया । ब्रह्म सत्यं दम: शौचं धर्मों द्वी: श्रीर्धृति: क्षमा
dharmasaṁsthāpanārtha hi pratijñaiṣā mamāvyayā | brahma satyaṁ damaḥ śaucaṁ dharmo dvīḥ śrīr dhṛtiḥ kṣamā ||
Vāyudeva said: “Indeed, for the establishment of dharma this is my unfailing vow: brahman (sacred truth), truthfulness, self-restraint, purity, dharma itself, steadfastness, prosperity, fortitude, and forgiveness.”
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Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma-restoration as grounded in an unwavering vow that is expressed through a cluster of virtues: spiritual integrity (brahma), truthfulness, self-restraint, purity, steadfastness, auspicious prosperity, fortitude, and forgiveness—implying that ethical order is upheld by disciplined inner qualities, not merely by external power.
Vāyudeva speaks, declaring his imperishable resolve aimed at re-establishing dharma, and he enumerates the virtues that constitute and sustain that resolve, situating the ongoing events within a moral and spiritual framework.