Shloka 3
बल॑ शौर्य मदो रोषो व्यायामकलहावपि । ईष्येप्सा पिशुनं युद्ध ममत्वं परिपालनम्
balaṁ śaurya-mado roṣo vyāyāma-kalahāv api | īṣyā-īpsā piśunaṁ yuddhaṁ mamatvaṁ paripālanam ||
Vāyu disse: “A força, a embriaguez do valor, a ira, o esforço e até a contenda; a inveja e o desejo ávido de possuir; a calúnia; a guerra; o apego ao ‘meu’; e o impulso de guardar e manter aquilo que se chama ‘meu’—essas são as forças que surgem e impelem os seres.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists inner drives—pride, anger, jealousy, covetousness, slander, possessiveness—that spill outward into conflict and war. Ethically, it points to the need for restraint and discernment: unchecked passions turn even strength and valor into causes of harm.
Vāyu (the Wind-god) is speaking and enumerating a set of human impulses and behaviors. The statement functions as a diagnostic catalogue of forces that propel beings toward quarrel, aggression, and the urge to defend ‘mine,’ setting a moral frame for the surrounding discussion.