Shloka 32
ब्राह्मणा एव जायेरन् नान्यो वर्ण: कथंचन । को होन॑ रथमास्थाय जीवेदन्य: पुमानिह
brāhmaṇā eva jāyeran nānyo varṇaḥ kathaṃcana | ko hy enaṃ ratham āsthāya jīved anyaḥ pumān iha ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Brahmana lamang ang ipanganak—huwag nang lumitaw sa anumang paraan ang iba pang uri. Sapagkat sa daigdig na ito, bukod sa banal na taong ito, sino pa ang makasasakay sa karwaheng iyon at mananatiling buhay?”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys reverence for spiritual attainment: survival in extreme, divinely charged circumstances is attributed to exceptional tapas and purity. It also reflects a traditional worldview that elevates the Brahmin ideal as uniquely fit for such perilous encounters.
Vāyu voices astonishment at a feat involving a chariot so dangerous or wondrous that ordinary people would not survive it. The statement functions as praise of the ascetic/holy figure’s extraordinary merit and as a rhetorical exaggeration to express awe.