Shloka 17
Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्
तैश्वापि नैवं दुर्बुद्धे क्षिप्तो वायु: कृतात्मभि: । तेडपि जानन्ति वायोश्ष बलमात्मन एव च
taiś cāpi naivaṁ durbuddhe kṣipto vāyuḥ kṛtātmabhiḥ | teḍ api jānanti vāyoś ca balam ātmana eva ca ||
Sinabi ni Nārada: “Kahit ng mga taong may pagpipigil-sa-sarili, O mangmang, ay hindi ‘ibinabagsak’ o pinangingibabawan si Vāyu nang ganyan. Batid nila ang lakas ni Vāyu at ang lakas na nasa loob ng sarili.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True self-mastery is not shown by rashly trying to overpower great forces; it is shown by understanding the real power of external forces (like Wind) and the inner power of the self, and acting with restraint and discernment.
Nārada addresses someone he calls ‘durbuddhi’ and corrects a mistaken notion: even accomplished, self-controlled people do not ‘cast down’ the Wind in the crude way imagined; rather, they recognize both the Wind’s might and the nature of inner strength.