Shloka 26
Uttanka’s Inquiry and Vāsudeva’s Adhyātma Exposition
Guṇa–Ritual–Immanence Teaching
कौमारं ब्रह्मचर्य ते जानामि द्विजसत्तम | दुःखार्जितस्य तपसस्तस्मान्नेच्छामि ते व्ययम्
kaumāraṁ brahmacaryaṁ te jānāmi dvijasattama | duḥkhārjitasya tapasas tasmān necchāmi te vyayam ||
វាយុបាននិយាយថា៖ «ឱ ព្រះទ្វិជៈដ៏ប្រសើរ ខ្ញុំដឹងច្បាស់អំពីព្រហ្មចរិយៈដែលអ្នកបានរក្សាតាំងពីកុមារភាព។ ដូច្នេះ ខ្ញុំមិនចង់ឲ្យតាបៈរបស់អ្នកខាតបង់ឡើយ—តាបៈដែលអ្នកបានសន្សំដោយការអត់ធ្មត់ទុក្ខលំបាក»។
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity (tapas) and lifelong self-restraint (brahmacarya) are hard-won spiritual capital; even a deity should not casually diminish or waste another’s accumulated merit. The verse highlights ethical restraint and reverence toward disciplined virtue.
Vāyudeva addresses a revered twice-born ascetic, acknowledging his lifelong brahmacarya and the hardship through which his tapas was accumulated, and declares that he does not wish to cause any loss to that ascetic power.