Shloka 63

Devanagari script

ईश्वरं सम्प्रपद्यन्ते द्विजा भावितभावना: । सर्वथा वर्तमानो5पि यो भक्त: परमेश्वरे

Transliteration

īśvaraṃ samprapadyante dvijā bhāvitabhāvanāḥ | sarvathā vartamāno 'pi yo bhaktaḥ parameśvare

Translation

วายุกล่าวว่า “พราหมณ์ผู้ฝึกฝนจิตภายในจนสุกงอม ย่อมเข้าพึ่งพระเป็นเจ้า และแม้ผู้ใดจะดำรงอยู่ในสภาพใดก็ตาม หากเป็นภักตะแห่งพระผู้เป็นเจ้าสูงสุด ผู้นั้นย่อมตั้งมั่นในความเกษมสูงสุดโดยแท้”

Word by Word

ईश्वरम्the Lord

सम्प्रपद्यन्तेresort to / take refuge in

द्विजाःtwice-born (Brahmins etc.)

भावितभावनाःwhose minds are cultivated/purified

सर्वथाin every way / always

वर्तमानःbeing / existing / living

अपिeven / also

यःwho

भक्तःa devotee

परमेश्वरेin the Supreme Lord

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyu)

ई

ईश्वर/परमेश्वर (Īśvara/Parameśvara)

द

द्विज (Dvija—twice-born, especially Brahmins)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual standing is grounded in taking refuge in the Supreme Lord; cultivated, disciplined persons naturally surrender to Īśvara, and devotion to Parameśvara remains decisive even when one’s external mode of life varies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is speaking and highlights a criterion for religious worth: the twice-born who have refined their inner disposition seek the Lord as their refuge, and he underscores the significance of devotion to the Supreme regardless of one’s outward circumstances.