Shloka 13
Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्
स त्वमेवंविध॑ वायुं सर्वसत्त्वभृतां वरम् । न पूजयसि पूज्यं तं किमन्यद् बुद्धिलाघवात्
sa tvam evaṁvidhaṁ vāyuṁ sarvasattvabhṛtāṁ varam | na pūjayasi pūjyaṁ taṁ kim anyad buddhi-lāghavāt ||
ນາຣະດະເວົ້າວ່າ: «ເຈົ້າແມ່ນຜູ້ມີຄວາມສາມາດເຂົ້າໃຈ ແຕ່ກໍບໍ່ເຄົາລົບບູຊາພຣະວາຍຸ—ຜູ້ຄວນໄດ້ຮັບການນະມັດສະການ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ສຸດໃນບັນດາຜູ້ທີ່ຄ້ຳຈຸນສັດມີຊີວິດທັງປວງ. ຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ບູຊາຜູ້ທີ່ຄວນບູຊາ ມັນຈະເປັນຫຍັງໄດ້ອີກ ນອກຈາກຄວາມຄັບແຄບ ແລະຄວາມຕື້ນເຂີນຂອງປັນຍາ?»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should recognize and honor what is truly worthy of reverence—especially beneficent divine powers that sustain life. Neglecting rightful worship is presented as a moral and intellectual failing, rooted in poor discernment.
Narada rebukes the listener for not paying due honor to Vayu, praising Vayu as the foremost sustainer of living beings and framing the neglect as evidence of diminished understanding.