Shloka 21
Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)
मनुष्य, पितर, देवता, पशु, मृग, पक्षी तथा अन्य जितने चराचर प्राणी हैं, वे सब नित्य तपस्यामें संलग्न होकर ही सदा सिद्धि प्राप्त करते हैं। तपस्याके बलसे ही महामायावी देवता स्वर्गमें निवास करते हैं ।।
manuṣya-pitara-devatā-paśu-mṛga-pakṣī tathā anye yāvantaś carācarāḥ prāṇinaḥ santi, te sarve nityaṁ tapasyāyāṁ saṁlagnāḥ santaḥ sadā siddhiṁ prāpnuvanti. tapasyā-balenāiva mahāmāyāvino devatāḥ svarge nivāsanti. āśīr-yuktāni karmāṇi kurvanti ye tv atandritāḥ, ahaṅkāra-samāyuktās te sakāśe prajāpateḥ (lokaṁ yānti).
风神伐由说道：“一切众生——人类、祖灵、诸天、牛畜、野兽、飞鸟，以及其他一切动与不动之类——唯有恒常修苦行，方得成就。凭苦行之力，连伟大而奇妙的诸神亦居于天界。然而，那些抛却懒惰，却仍以欲望驱使而行祭仪，伴以祝祷，却为我慢所缚者，将往生于生主（Prajāpati）之界。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity (tapas)—steady, disciplined effort—is presented as the universal means by which beings attain success and higher states. In contrast, actions driven by desire and reinforced by ego yield limited, conditioned results (a specific heavenly realm), not the highest attainment.
Vāyu addresses the listener with a doctrinal explanation: he generalizes across all classes of beings that tapas is the basis of accomplishment and even divine residence in heaven, then distinguishes the destiny of those who perform result-seeking rites with ego, assigning them to Prajāpati’s realm.