Shloka 24

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

Ethics of Non-attachment

Devanagari script

असंरोधेन भूतानां वृत्तिं लिप्सेत मोक्षवित्‌ न चान्यमन्नं लिप्सेत भिक्षमाण: कथंचन

Transliteration

asaṃrodhena bhūtānāṃ vṛttiṃ lipseta mokṣavit | na cānyam annaṃ lipseta bhikṣamāṇaḥ kathaṃcana ||

Translation

វាយុបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ «អ្នកដែលដឹងផ្លូវទៅកាន់មោក្ខៈ គួរស្វែងរកជីវិតដោយមិនរារាំងជីវិតនៃសត្វលោកដទៃ។ ហើយពេលសុំបិណ្ឌបាត កុំមានបំណងចង់បានអាហារផ្សេងក្រៅពីអ្វីដែលអ្នកឧបត្ថម្ភផ្តល់ដោយស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត ទោះក្នុងកាលៈទេសៈណាក៏ដោយ»។

Word by Word

• {'asaṃrodhena': 'without obstruction, without hindering', 'bhūtānām': 'of beings

• living creatures', 'vṛttim': 'means of livelihood

• subsistence', 'lipseta': 'should seek

• should desire/aim for', 'mokṣavit': 'knower of liberation

• one who understands mokṣa', 'na ca': 'and not

• nor', 'anyam': 'other

• different', 'annam': 'food', 'bhikṣamāṇaḥ': 'begging

• seeking alms', 'kathaṃcana': 'in any way

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• living beings (bhūta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A liberation-seeker should live without harming or obstructing other beings and should practice strict contentment in alms—accepting only what is freely given, without craving alternatives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing on renunciant conduct: how a mokṣa-oriented mendicant should obtain sustenance ethically—non-intrusively and without desire-driven selectiveness while begging.