Shloka 39

Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path

Ethics of Non-attachment

Devanagari script

आशीर्युक्तानि सर्वाणि हिंसायुक्तानि यानि च । लोकसंग्रहधर्म च नैव कुर्यान्न कारयेत्‌,जितने भी कामना और हिंसासे युक्त कर्म हैं, उन सबका एवं लौकिक कर्मोंका न स्वयं अनुष्ठान करे और न दूसरोंसे करावे

Transliteration

āśīryuktāni sarvāṇi hiṃsāyuktāni yāni ca | lokasaṃgrahadharmaṃ ca naiva kuryān na kārayet ||

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「報いを求める欲望に駆られた行い、あるいは暴力に汚れた行いは、自ら行ってはならず、また他者に行わせてもならない。同様に、世間の称賛や体面の維持のためだけに追い求められる世俗の務めも、真のダルマを損なうなら関わってはならぬ。教えは、利己と害を伴う業を慎み、悪を他人に請け負わせることを戒める。」

Word by Word

आशीःयुक्तानिendowed with blessings/benedictions

सर्वाणिall

हिंसा-युक्तानिconnected with violence

यानिwhich

चand

लोक-संग्रह-धर्मम्the duty of maintaining/holding together the world (social order)

चand

नnot

एवindeed/at all

कुर्यात्should do/perform

नnot

कारयेत्should cause (others) to do

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not engage in actions motivated by craving for results or marked by violence, and do not shift moral blame by having others do such acts on your behalf. Ethical responsibility includes both direct action and indirect instigation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener on right conduct, emphasizing restraint from desire-driven and harmful deeds and warning against justifying questionable acts under the banner of worldly or socially expedient ‘dharma’.