Shloka 26
वायव: क्रतवश्चैव संकल्प: प्राण एव च | मूर्तिमन्तो महात्मानो महाव्रतपरायणा:
vāyavaḥ kratavaś caiva saṅkalpaḥ prāṇa eva ca | mūrtimanto mahātmāno mahāvrataparāyaṇāḥ ||
नारद उवाच—वायवः क्रतवश्चैव संकल्पः प्राण एव च; एते मूर्तिमन्तो महात्मानो महाव्रतपरायणाः।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates inner resolve (saṅkalpa), life-breath (prāṇa), and ritual action (kratu) to the status of living, morally charged powers. It implies that dharmic life is sustained by disciplined vows and that both inner intention and outer rite participate in cosmic order.
Nārada is describing a class of exalted, vow-bound powers—winds (Maruts), rites, resolve, and vital breath—as if they are embodied great beings. The passage frames these forces as active participants in the world’s moral and ritual structure, not merely abstractions.