Shloka 123
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
एवमेवाप्यसंयुक्त: पुरुष: स्यान्न संशय: । जैसे कमलके पत्तेपर पड़ी हुई जलकी चंचल बूँद उसे भिगो नहीं पाती
evam evāpy asaṁyuktaḥ puruṣaḥ syān na saṁśayaḥ |
風神ヴāユは言った。「同じく人もまた、執着せずに在り得る――疑いはない。揺れ動く一滴の水が蓮の葉に落ちても、それを濡らせぬように、賢者は、たとえあらゆるグナ（guṇa・自然の諸性質）の中を行き来し、それらと関わっても、決してそれに染まらない。ゆえに、田を知る者（クシェートラジュニャ kṣetrajña）は真に無執着である――このことに不確かさはない。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is inner non-attachment: the wise self (kṣetrajña/puruṣa) can engage with the world and its guṇas without being tainted, like water on a lotus leaf. True freedom is not withdrawal from action but freedom from clinging and identification.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener on the nature of the self and liberation. He uses a vivid simile (lotus leaf and water) to clarify that the realized knower remains untouched by worldly qualities even while living amid them.