Shloka 21
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
यात्रार्थी कालमाकाडूक्षेश्षरेद् भैक्ष्यं समाहित: । लाभं॑ साधारण नेच्छेन्न भुज्जीताभिपूजित:
yātrārthī kālam ākāṅkṣed bhaikṣyaṃ samāhitaḥ | lābhaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ necchen na bhuñjītābhipūjitaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“出家行者乞食只为维系行旅与生计，当守候适当之时而受施，心神收摄，专注警觉。他连寻常之利亦不应贪求；在过度礼敬、过分尊崇之处，也不应受食。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches disciplined renunciation: seek alms only for bare sustenance, wait calmly for what comes at the proper time, do not cultivate desire even for small gains, and avoid situations where honor and special treatment might inflate ego or create attachment.
Vāyu-deva is instructing about the proper conduct of a wandering renunciant (saṃnyāsin), outlining how he should approach begging for food and how he should guard against attachment to gain and to social honor.