Shloka 5
नैव ते निछितं कर्म नैव ते शत्रवो जिता: । कथं शत्रुं शरीरस्थमात्मनो नावबुध्यसे,आपने अपने कर्तव्यकर्मको पूरा नहीं किया। आपने अभीतक शत्रुओंपर विजय भी नहीं पायी। आपका शत्रु तो आपके शरीरके भीतर ही बैठा हुआ है। आप अपने उस शत्रुको क्यों नहीं पहचानते हैं?
naiva te niścitaṃ karma naiva te śatravo jitāḥ | kathaṃ śatruṃ śarīrastham ātmano nāvabudhyase ||
Sinabi ni Vāyu: “Hindi mo pa natutupad ang tungkuling ipinasiya mong gampanan, ni hindi mo pa tunay na napagtagumpayan ang iyong mga kaaway. Ang kaaway mo’y nakaupo sa loob mismo ng iyong katawan—paano mo hindi nakikilala ang sarili mong kaaway?”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
External victories are incomplete without inner conquest. The verse urges recognition and overcoming of the ‘enemy within’—such as desire, anger, delusion, or negligence—that obstructs one’s resolved duty (niścita karma) and true success.
Vāyudeva addresses the listener with a corrective admonition: despite claims or efforts toward duty and victory, the real obstacle remains internal. He redirects attention from outward foes to the inward adversary lodged in one’s own body and mind.