Shloka 29
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
अहिंसा ब्रह्मचर्य च सत्यमार्जवमेव च,अहिंसा, ब्रह्मचर्य, सत्य, सरलता, क्रोधका अभाव, दोष-दृष्टिका त्याग, इन्द्रियसंयम और चुगली न खाना--इन आठ व्रतोंका सदा सावधानीके साथ पालन करे। इन्द्रियोंको वशमें रखे
ahiṃsā brahmacaryaṃ ca satyam ārjavam eva ca | akrodho doṣadṛṣṭeś ca tyāga indriyasaṃyamaḥ | paiśunyaṃ ca na bhāṣeta—etāny aṣṭau vratāni vai | sadā yatnena saṃrakṣyed indriyāṇi vaśe nayet ||
Vāyu disse: “A não-violência, a continência do brahmacarya, a veracidade e a retidão—juntamente com a ausência de ira, o abandono do hábito de procurar faltas, o domínio dos sentidos e a abstenção de levar mexericos—estes são os oito votos. Deve-se guardá-los sempre com vigilante esforço e manter os sentidos sob pleno controle.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches an eightfold ethical discipline: non-violence, celibate restraint, truth, straightforwardness, freedom from anger, giving up fault-finding, control of the senses, and avoiding slander/gossip—urging constant vigilance in guarding these vows.
Vāyudeva is speaking as a moral instructor, enumerating foundational vows (vratas) that support dharma and inner mastery, emphasizing that sense-control and purity of speech are essential to sustained righteous conduct.