Shloka 23

Uttanka’s Inquiry and Vāsudeva’s Adhyātma Exposition

Guṇa–Ritual–Immanence Teaching

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच शृणु मे विस्तरेणेदं यद्‌ वक्ष्ये भुगुनन्दन । गृहाणानुनयं चापि तपस्वी हासि भार्गव

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca: śṛṇu me vistareṇedaṃ yad vakṣye bhṛgunandana | gṛhāṇānunayaṃ cāpi tapasvī hāsi bhārgava ||

Translation

Vāyudeva nói: “Hỡi hậu duệ của Bhṛgu, hãy lắng nghe tường tận và đầy đủ điều ta sắp nói. Này Bhārgava, vì ngươi là bậc khổ hạnh, xin hãy nhận lấy lời khẩn cầu cung kính của ta.”

Word by Word

• {'vāyudevaḥ': 'the Wind-god

• Vāyu', 'uvāca': 'said

• spoke', 'śṛṇu': 'listen (imperative)', 'me': 'to me

• my', 'vistareṇa': 'in detail

• at length', 'idaṃ': 'this', 'yat': 'which

• what', 'vakṣye': 'I shall say

• I will speak', 'bhṛgu-nandana': 'descendant of Bhṛgu (honorific address)', 'gṛhāṇa': 'accept

• receive (imperative)', 'anunayam': 'entreaty

• humble persuasion', 'ca api': 'and also', 'tapasvī': 'ascetic

• one practicing austerities', 'ha': 'indeed

• surely (emphatic particle)', 'asi': 'you are', 'bhārgava': 'a Bhṛgu-descendant

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva/Vāyu)
• भृगुनन्दन (Bhṛgunandana)
• भार्गव (Bhārgava)
• भृगु (Bhṛgu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models ethical speech: even when instructing or correcting, one should speak with patience, clarity, and humility—especially when addressing a spiritually disciplined person—using respectful entreaty rather than coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva begins a detailed address to a Bhārgava (a descendant of Bhṛgu), requesting attentive listening and asking that his conciliatory plea be accepted, setting a courteous tone for the instruction that follows.