Shloka 61
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
वायुदेव उवाच उपमन्युर्मयि प्राह तपन्निव दिवाकर:
Vāyudeva uvāca: Upamanyur mayi prāha tapann iva divākaraḥ—“ye pāpakarmiṇaḥ manuṣyā aśubhācāraiḥ kaluṣitāḥ, te tamoguṇino vā rajoguṇino vā vṛttayaḥ santo bhagavataḥ Śivasya śaraṇaṃ na yānti.”
風神は言った。「王よ。苦行の熱に太陽のごとく燃え立つウパマニュは、かつて私にこう語った。『罪をなす者、よこしまな行いによって汚れた者――タマスやラジャスに支配された性向の者は、主シヴァに帰依しない』と。」この言葉は、信愛が倫理の浄化と内なる明澄さと切り離せぬことを示している。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical conduct and inner purification are prerequisites for genuine refuge in Śiva: those stained by sinful actions and driven by tamas or rajas fail to turn toward divine shelter.
Vāyudeva reports a prior instruction from the ascetic Upamanyu—described as radiant like the sun—about why morally tainted, tamasic/rajasic people do not seek Śiva’s refuge.