Shloka 163
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
मामेव सतत विद्राश्चिन्तयन्त उपासते । शान्तिपरायण, संयमी, जिज्ञासु, काम-क्रोध-द्वेघपहित आसक्तिशून्य, निष्पाप, सात्विक, नित्य अहंकारशून्य तथा अध्यात्मज्ञानकुशल यति एवं ब्राह्मण सदा मेरा ही चिन्तन करते हुए उपासना करते हैं
mām eva satataṃ vidrāś cintayanta upāsate | śāntiparāyaṇāḥ saṃyaminaḥ jijñāsavaḥ kāma-krodha-dveṣa-prahitāḥ āsaktiśūnyā niṣpāpāḥ sāttvikā nityam ahaṅkāraśūnyāḥ tathā adhyātmajñānakuśalā yataya evaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sadā mamaiva cintanaṃ kṛtvā upāsate |
神祇说道：智者与坚住者唯独礼敬于我，恒常以心念我。以寂静为归依，自制而好求真知；离欲、离嗔、离恨，无所执著，无罪无垢，安住清净。常无我慢，善达自性之智；如是沙门与婆罗门，恒常观念于我，住于虔敬之供奉。
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True worship is defined as steady contemplation of the Divine supported by ethical and psychological discipline: peace as one’s aim, restraint, freedom from desire/anger/hatred, non-attachment, purity, egolessness, and competence in self-knowledge.
A deity speaks to describe the qualities of ideal spiritual practitioners—ascetics and brahmins—who worship not merely through ritual but through constant remembrance and inner transformation, presenting a normative model of dharmic devotion in the forest-episode context of Vana Parva.