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Shloka 32

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

व्रतचर्यापरीतस्य तपस्विव्रतसेवया । मम वह्लि: समुदभूतो न वै व्यथितुमर्हथ

Transliteration

vratacaryāparītasya tapasvivratasevayā | mama vahliḥ samudabhūto na vai vyathitum arhatha ||

Translation

Vāyu nói: “Ta chuyên chú trọn vẹn vào việc giữ giới nguyện; do thực hành giới nguyện của các bậc khổ hạnh, quang lực của ta đã hiển lộ ra ngoài thành hình lửa. Vì thế, các ngài chớ vì điều ấy mà ưu phiền hay chấn động.”

Word by Word

व्रतचर्याvow-observance, religious discipline

परीतस्यof one who is engaged/occupied (in)

तपस्विof ascetics

व्रतसेवयाby the practice/observance of the vow

ममof me, my

वह्निःfire (Agni)

समुदभूतःarisen, manifested

नnot

वैindeed, surely

व्यथितुम्to be distressed/afflicted

अर्हथyou ought/are fit (to)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

Fire (Vahni/Agni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined vow-observance and ascetic practice generate tejas (spiritual potency) that can manifest powerfully; such manifestations should be understood as the natural fruit of tapas and not feared or resented.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu explains that the appearance of fire is not an external threat but the outward manifestation of his own radiance produced through strict observance of ascetic vows, and he reassures the listeners not to be distressed by it.