Shloka 27
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
अध्वा सूर्येण निर्दिष्ट: कीटवच्च चरेन्महीम् । दयार्थ चैव भूतानां समीक्ष्य पृथिवीं चरेत्
adhvā sūryeṇa nirdiṣṭaḥ kīṭavac ca caren mahīm | dayārtha caiva bhūtānāṃ samīkṣya pṛthivīṃ caret ||
“Hãy theo con đường mặt trời chỉ dạy, bước trên mặt đất như một côn trùng nhỏ—khiêm hạ, không kiêu mạn. Và vì lòng bi mẫn đối với mọi loài hữu tình, hãy du hành, quan sát thế gian.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should live and move through the world with humility (like a small insect, unnoticed and harmless) and with active compassion toward all beings, using one’s travels and observations to cultivate mercy and ethical conduct.
Vāyudeva is speaking, giving a prescriptive instruction on right conduct: to follow a disciplined course ‘indicated by the Sun’ (a regulated, orderly way of moving through the world) while observing the earth and acting from compassion toward living beings.