Shloka 69
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
महादेवप्रपन्नानां न भयं विद्यते क्वचित् । “केशव! कीट, पतंग, पक्षी तथा पशु भी यदि महादेवजीकी शरणमें आ जाया तो उन्हें भी कहीं किसीका भय नहीं प्राप्त होता है ।।
vāyudeva uvāca | mahādevaprapannānāṁ na bhayaṁ vidyate kvacit | keśava! kīṭa-pataṅga-pakṣī tathā paśavo 'pi yadi mahādevasya śaraṇaṁ prapadyeran, teṣāṁ kvacid api kasyacid bhayaṁ na prāpnoti | evam eva mahādevaṁ ye bhaktā mānavā bhuvi, te saṁsārasyādhīnā na bhavanti—iti me niścitaṁ matam | tadanantaraṁ bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇaḥ svayam api dharmaputraṁ yudhiṣṭhiram uvāca |
風神は言った。「大自在天（マハーデーヴァ）に帰依した者には、いかなる所にも恐れはない。おおケーシャヴァよ、たとえ虫けらや蛾、鳥や獣であっても、マハーデーヴァの庇護のもとに入るなら、誰からの恐怖も及ばぬ。同じく、この地上でマハーデーヴァに帰依する人々は、輪廻（サンサーラ）の束縛に支配されない—これが我が確定した見解である。」その後、世尊シュリー・クリシュナ自らが、法子ユディシュティラに語りかけた。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Surrender to Mahādeva is presented as a source of fearlessness: even the weakest beings are said to become free from fear when under his refuge. For humans, devotion implies not being ruled by saṁsāra—i.e., not being spiritually enslaved by worldly conditions and anxieties.
Vāyudeva addresses Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), praising the protective power of taking refuge in Mahādeva and asserting that Mahādeva’s devotees are not subject to worldly bondage. The passage then transitions: Kṛṣṇa proceeds to speak directly to Yudhiṣṭhira in the ongoing dharma instruction.