Shloka 4
The Thirteen Inner Adversaries (Trayodaśa Doṣāḥ): Origins and Pacification
जानामि त्वामहं वायो सर्वप्राणभूतां वरम् वरिष्ठ च गरिष्ठं च क्रोधे वैवस्वतं यथा
jānāmi tvām ahaṃ vāyo sarva-prāṇa-bhūtānāṃ varam | variṣṭhaṃ ca gariṣṭhaṃ ca krodhe vaivasvataṃ yathā ||
那罗陀说道：“伐由啊，我深知你。在一切凭气息而生的众生之中，你最为卓绝——至高至善，威力与尊严沉雄无比；而当你震怒之时，你如毗婆斯伐多·阎摩一般，力量严峻而不可违逆。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Great power and eminence (like Vāyu’s life-sustaining force) carry moral weight: when such power turns to anger it becomes punitive and unstoppable like Yama. The verse implicitly urges restraint and responsible use of strength.
Nārada addresses Vāyu directly, acknowledging his supreme status among all living beings and warning—through a vivid comparison—that his anger can be as fearsome and decisive as Vaivasvata Yama’s.