Shloka 2
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
पितृभक्तो$सि विप्रर्षे मां चैव शरणं गत: । ततो दृष्टो$स्मि ते साक्षाद् ब्रह्मचर्य च ते महत्,ब्रह्मर्ष! तुम पितृभक्त हो, मेरी शरणमें आये हो और तुमने महान् ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन किया है। इन्हीं सब कारणोंसे तुम्हें मेरे साक्षात् स््वरूपका दर्शन हुआ
pitṛbhakto ’si viprarṣe māṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | tato dṛṣṭo ’smi te sākṣād brahmacaryaṃ ca te mahat, brahmarṣe ||
ഹേ വിപ്രർഷേ! നീ പിതൃഭക്തനാണ്; കൂടാതെ നീ എന്റെ ശരണം പ്രാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. അതുകൊണ്ടാണ് ഞാൻ നിനക്കു സാക്ഷാത് ദർശനം നൽകിയതു; നിന്റെ മഹത്തായ ബ്രഹ്മചര്യാനുഷ്ഠാനവും ഇതിന് കാരണമായി.
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that divine grace and direct spiritual experience (darśana) are grounded in ethical and devotional disciplines: honoring one’s ancestors (pitṛbhakti), taking refuge in the divine (śaraṇāgati), and maintaining rigorous self-control, especially brahmacarya.
A deity addresses a sage and explains why the sage has been granted a direct vision: the sage’s devotion to the forefathers, his surrender to the deity, and his great practice of brahmacarya together have made him worthy of this encounter.