Shloka 36
तमुत्पथेन धावन्तमन्वधावं द्विजोत्तमम् तथैव पायसादिग्ध: प्रसीद भगवज्निति
tam utpathena dhāvantam anvadhāvaṁ dvijottamam | tathaiva pāyasādigdhaḥ prasīda bhagavan iti ||
ഇങ്ങനെ വഴിവിട്ട് ഓടുന്ന ആ ദ്വിജോത്തമനെ പിന്തുടർന്ന് ഞാനും അതേപോലെ ഓടി—എന്റെ ശരീരമൊട്ടാകെ പായസം പുരണ്ട നിലയിൽ—‘ഭഗവൻ, പ്രസാദിക്കണമേ!’ എന്ന് വിളിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a powerful being must respond to moral danger with humility: when a revered ascetic is offended, one should urgently seek reconciliation, acknowledging the gravity of disrespect and the need to pacify anger through sincere supplication.
Vāyu narrates that he chased after the foremost sage who was running off the path; Vāyu himself was smeared with rice-pudding and repeatedly begged, “O Lord, be pleased,” indicating a frantic attempt to appease the sage and avert the consequences of his wrath.