Shloka 28
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
Devanagari script
पूताभिरद्धिर्नित्यं वै कार्य कुर्वीत मोक्षवित्
Transliteration
pūtābhir addhir nityaṁ vai kāryaṁ kurvīta mokṣavit
Translation
风神伐由说道：“通达解脱者，当恒常以清净之法行应行之事——内外洁净，行持有律——使所作之业成为自由之助缘，而非系缚之因。”
Word by Word
पूताभिःwith purified (waters)
पूताभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootपूत (पू + क्त)
Formस्त्री, तृतीया, बहुवचन
अद्भिःwith waters
अद्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (अद्/आप्)
Formस्त्री, तृतीया, बहुवचन
नित्यंalways
नित्यं:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
कार्यthe act to be done / duty
कार्य:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य (कृ + ण्यत्)
Formनपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कुर्वीतshould do
कुर्वीत:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथम, एकवचन
मोक्षवित्one who knows liberation
मोक्षवित्:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्षविद् (मोक्ष + विद्)
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even a seeker of liberation should not abandon action; rather, they should perform what is to be done continually, with purified means and disciplined purity, so that duty is fulfilled without moral stain and becomes conducive to mokṣa.
Vāyudeva is speaking as an instructor, emphasizing a practical ethic: the knower of liberation should persist in proper duties, carried out through purified means, aligning conduct with the higher aim of freedom.