Shloka 15
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
यतय: शान्तिपरमा यतात्मानो बुभुत्सव:,मामेव सतत विद्राश्चिन्तयन्त उपासते । शान्तिपरायण, संयमी, जिज्ञासु, काम-क्रोध-द्वेघपहित आसक्तिशून्य, निष्पाप, सात्विक, नित्य अहंकारशून्य तथा अध्यात्मज्ञानकुशल यति एवं ब्राह्मण सदा मेरा ही चिन्तन करते हुए उपासना करते हैं
yatayaḥ śāntiparamā yatātmāno bubhutsavaḥ | mām eva satataṃ vidrāś cintayanta upāsate ||
ദേവൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ശാന്തിയെയാണ് പരമലക്ഷ്യമാക്കിയ യതികൾ, ആത്മസംയമികൾ, തത്ത്വജ്ഞാനത്തെ തേടുന്നവർ—അവർ ജ്ഞാനികൾ സദാ എന്നെയേ ധ്യാനിച്ച് എന്നെയേ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു.
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True worship is defined as steady contemplation of the Divine grounded in inner peace, self-restraint, and the pursuit of spiritual knowledge. The verse links devotion with ethical purification—freedom from desire, anger, hatred, attachment, and ego—presenting renunciation and inner discipline as the basis of genuine bhakti.
A divine speaker describes the qualities of ideal seekers (yatis and spiritually minded brāhmaṇas): they are peace-oriented, self-controlled, and intent on understanding, and therefore they continually contemplate and worship the Divine. The statement functions as instruction, characterizing the path and temperament of those fit for higher spiritual realization.