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 ||
Nārada nói: “Ngay cả những bậc tự chế, hỡi kẻ ngu muội, cũng không ‘quật ngã’ hay áp đảo Thần Gió như thế. Họ thật sự hiểu cả sức mạnh của Vāyu lẫn sức mạnh nằm trong chính bản thân.”
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.