Shloka 18
Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas
Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue
यो न कामयते किंचिन्न किंचिदभिमन्यते । इहलोकस्थ एवैष ब्रह्म भूयाय कल्पते,जो किसी वस्तुकी कामना नहीं करता तथा जिसके मनमें किसी बातका अभिमान नहीं होता, वह इस लोकमें रहता हुआ ही ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त हो जाता है
yo na kāmayate kiñcin na kiñcid abhimanyate | ihalokastha eva eṣa brahma bhūyāya kalpate ||
วายุตรัสว่า “ผู้ใดไม่ปรารถนาสิ่งใด และไม่ถือตัวในสิ่งใด ผู้นั้นแม้อยู่ในโลกนี้เอง ก็เป็นผู้ควรแก่การบรรลุภาวะแห่งพรหมัน”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from craving (kāma) and egoic self-importance (abhimāna) is presented as the immediate qualification for Brahman-realization; liberation is not postponed to after death but is attainable while living through inner detachment and humility.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener with a concise spiritual maxim: the person who neither desires objects nor clings to pride can, even amid worldly life, become fit for the highest state (Brahman).