Shloka 2
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
पितृभक्तो$सि विप्रर्षे मां चैव शरणं गत: । ततो दृष्टो$स्मि ते साक्षाद् ब्रह्मचर्य च ते महत्,ब्रह्मर्ष! तुम पितृभक्त हो, मेरी शरणमें आये हो और तुमने महान् ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन किया है। इन्हीं सब कारणोंसे तुम्हें मेरे साक्षात् स््वरूपका दर्शन हुआ
pitṛbhakto ’si viprarṣe māṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | tato dṛṣṭo ’smi te sākṣād brahmacaryaṃ ca te mahat, brahmarṣe ||
「婆羅門のうち最勝の聖仙よ、汝は祖霊（pitṛ）に篤く、また我に帰依した。ゆえに我は汝の前に直に顕れたのである。さらに、汝が大いなる梵行（brahmacarya）を守り抜いたことも、婆羅門仙（brahmarṣi）よ、決定的な因となった。これらの徳—祖先への孝敬、帰依、そして清浄なる節制—によって、汝は我が顕現の姿を拝することを許されたのだ。」
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that divine grace and direct spiritual experience (darśana) are grounded in ethical and devotional disciplines: honoring one’s ancestors (pitṛbhakti), taking refuge in the divine (śaraṇāgati), and maintaining rigorous self-control, especially brahmacarya.
A deity addresses a sage and explains why the sage has been granted a direct vision: the sage’s devotion to the forefathers, his surrender to the deity, and his great practice of brahmacarya together have made him worthy of this encounter.