Shloka 40

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

Ethics of Non-attachment

Devanagari script

सर्वभावानतिक्रम्य लघुमात्र: परिव्रजेत्‌ सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु स्थावरेषु चरेषु च,सब प्रकारके पदार्थोकी आसक्तिका उल्लंघन करके थोड़ेमें संतुष्ट हो सब ओर विचरता रहे। स्थावर और जंगम सभी प्राणियोंके प्रति समान भाव रखे

Transliteration

sarvabhāvān atikramya laghumātraḥ parivrajet | samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu sthāvareṣu careṣu ca ||

Translation

ພະວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອຂ້າມພົ້ນຄວາມຍຶດຕິດຕໍ່ສະພາບແລະວັດຖຸທັງປວງແລ້ວ ຄວນທ່ອງໄປດັ່ງນັກບວດຜູ້ສະຫຼະ ພໍໃຈດ້ວຍຂອງນ້ອຍນິດ. ໃຫ້ມີໃຈເທົ່າທຽມຕໍ່ສັດທັງຫມົດ—ທັງທີ່ຢູ່ນິ່ງ ແລະທີ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວ.

Word by Word

सर्वभावान्all states/attachments (all dispositions)

अतिक्रम्यhaving overstepped/transcended

लघुमात्रःcontent with little (of small measure)

परिव्रजेत्should wander/roam

समःequal, impartial

सर्वेषुin/among all

भूतेषुbeings, creatures

स्थावरेषुamong immobile (beings)

चरेषुamong mobile (beings)

चand

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?

The verse teaches vairāgya (non-attachment) and sama-darśana (equal vision): transcend clinging to all objects and mental states, live with minimal needs, and cultivate impartial goodwill toward every form of life—immobile and mobile.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a dharma-oriented discourse, presenting the ideal conduct of a wandering ascetic: moving through the world without possessiveness and without discrimination among beings.