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 ||
那罗陀说道：“即便是自制之人，愚者啊，也不会如此妄想‘掷倒’或压服伐由。因为他们确知风神之力，也知自我之内所蕴之力。”
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.