Shloka 44
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
इन्द्रियाण्युपसंहृत्य कूर्मोडड्रानीव सर्वश: । क्षीणेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्निरीह: सर्वतत्त्ववित्
indriyāṇy upasaṁhṛtya kūrmo 'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ | kṣīṇendriya-mano-buddhir nirīhaḥ sarva-tattva-vit ||
风神伐由说道：“当尽摄诸根，如龟从四面收敛其肢。使诸根、心与慧对外境皆寂静而柔弱，安住无躁动之求取，遂成通达一切真理原则（tattva）之智者。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches indriya-saṁyama (restraint of the senses): one should pull the senses back from their objects as a tortoise retracts its limbs, quieting mind and intellect so that desire-driven agitation ceases and clear knowledge of reality (tattvas) can arise.
Vāyu is instructing the listener in a yogic discipline of inner withdrawal and stillness, presenting a practical image (the tortoise) to describe how to turn attention away from sense-objects and cultivate knowledge grounded in self-mastery.