Shloka 21
तस्य घोराणि रूपाणि दीप्तानि च बहूनि च । लोके यान्यस्य पूज्यन्ते विप्रास्तानि विदुर्बुधा:
tasya ghorāṇi rūpāṇi dīptāni ca bahūni ca | loke yāny asya pūjyante viprās tāni vidur budhāḥ ||
ヴāユは言った。「彼には多くの姿がある――恐るべく、また炎のごとく輝く姿が。世においては、その数多の顕現が礼拝されている。だが、それらの姿を真に知るのは賢明なるブラーフマナたちである。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes that the divine may be approached through many awe-inspiring and radiant manifestations revered in society, but accurate understanding of these forms requires disciplined learning and discernment—here attributed to wise brāhmaṇas who preserve and interpret sacred knowledge.
Vāyu is speaking about a previously referenced divine being, stating that this being has numerous fearsome and luminous forms worshipped in the world, and that learned brāhmaṇas are the ones who truly know and can identify these manifestations.