Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.196
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1.196.1
उक्तवानस्मि यां क्रोधात्प्रतिज्ञां पितरस्तदा ।
सर्वलोकविनाशाय न सा मे वितथा भवेत् ॥ १.१९६.१ ॥
O fathers, the vow I made then in anger, for the destruction of all the worlds — let it not be in vain.
1.196.2
वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञो वै नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ।
अनिस्तीर्णो हि मां रोषो दहेदग्निरिवारणिम् ॥ १.१९६.२ ॥
One whose vow of wrath has come to nothing — indeed I dare not live. For unspent wrath would burn me, as fire burns the fire-stick.
1.196.3
यो हि कारणतः क्रोधं संजातं क्षन्तुमर्हति ।
नालं स मनुजः सम्यक् त्रिवर्गं परिरक्षितुम् ॥ १.१९६.३ ॥
The man who ought not to forgive anger that has arisen from a cause is not able to protect the threefold aims of life well.
1.196.4
अशिष्टानां नियन्ता हि शिष्टानां परिरक्षिता ।
स्थाने रोषः प्रयुक्तः स्यान्नृपैः सर्वजिगीषुभिः ॥ १.१९६.४ ॥
For he is the restrainer of the unruly and the protector of the good. Wrath should be applied in its right place by kings who desire to conquer all.
1.196.5
अश्रौषमहमूरुस्थो गर्भशय्यागतस्तदा ।
आरावं मातृवर्गस्य भृगूणां क्षत्रियैर्वधे ॥ १.१९६.५ ॥
I was lying in my mother's womb, in the thigh, when I heard the wailing of my mother's kin during the slaughter of the Bhṛgus by the kṣatriyas.
1.196.6
सामरैर्हि यदा लोके भृगूणां क्षत्रियाधमैः ।
आगर्भोत्सादनं क्षान्तं तदा मां मन्युराविशत् ॥ १.१९६.६ ॥
When in the world, together with the gods, the Bhṛgus were destroyed, even the unborn, by the vilest kṣatriyas, and this was endured, then wrath entered into me.
1.196.7
प्रकीर्णकेशाः किल मे मातरः पितरस्तथा ।
भयात्सर्वेषु लोकेषु नाधिजग्मुः परायणम् ॥ १.१९६.७ ॥
My mothers and fathers, too, had their hair dispersed; out of fear, they found no refuge in all the worlds.
1.196.8
तान्भृगूणां यदा दारान्कश्चिन्नाभ्युपपद्यत ।
माता तदा दधारेयमूरुणैकेन मां शुभा ॥ १.१९६.८ ॥
When no one approached the wives of the Bhṛgus, my auspicious mother bore me in one thigh.
1.196.9
प्रतिषेद्धा हि पापस्य यदा लोकेषु विद्यते ।
तदा सर्वेषु लोकेषु पापकृन्नोपपद्यते ॥ १.१९६.९ ॥
When there is one who restrains wrongdoing in the worlds, no doer of evil is found in all the worlds.
1.196.10
यदा तु प्रतिषेद्धारं पापो न लभते क्वचित् ।
तिष्ठन्ति बहवो लोकास्तदा पापेषु कर्मसु ॥ १.१९६.१० ॥
But when the wicked finds no restrainer anywhere, many worlds remain engaged in wicked deeds.
1.196.11
जानन्नपि च यः पापं शक्तिमान्न नियच्छति ।
ईशः सन्सोऽपि तेनैव कर्मणा संप्रयुज्यते ॥ १.१९६.११ ॥
He who, knowing of wrongdoing and being able, does not restrain it, though he be a lord, is himself joined to that very deed.
1.196.12
राजभिश्चेश्वरैश्चैव यदि वै पितरो मम ।
शक्तैर्न शकितास्त्रातुमिष्टं मत्वेह जीवितम् ॥ १.१९६.१२ ॥
If my fathers, though protected by capable kings and rulers, could not be saved, then here those who held life dear did not survive.
1.196.13
अत एषामहं क्रुद्धो लोकानामीश्वरो ह्यहम् ।
भवतां च वचो नालमहं समभिवर्तितुम् ॥ १.१९६.१३ ॥
Therefore I am angry at them, for I am the lord of the worlds; and I am not able to set aside your words.
1.196.14
ममापि चेद्भवेदेवमीश्वरस्य सतो महत् ।
उपेक्षमाणस्य पुनर्लोकानां किल्बिषाद्भयम् ॥ १.१९६.१४ ॥
If it were so for me too, being the lord, and I were to neglect a great offence, then the worlds would again fear sin.
1.196.15
यश्चायं मन्युजो मेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति ।
दहेदेष च मामेव निगृहीतः स्वतेजसा ॥ १.१९६.१५ ॥
This fire born of my wrath desires to consume the worlds; unless it is restrained by its own power, it would burn me myself.
1.196.16
भवतां च विजानामि सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम् ।
तस्माद्विधद्ध्वं यच्छ्रेयो लोकानां मम चेश्वराः ॥ १.१९६.१६ ॥
I know your desire for the welfare of all the worlds; therefore, O lords, ordain what is good for the worlds and for me.
1.196.17
य एष मन्युजस्तेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति ।
अप्सु तं मुञ्च भद्रं ते लोका ह्यप्सु प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥ १.१९६.१७ ॥
This fire born of your wrath desires to consume the worlds; release it into the waters. Blessings be upon you, for the worlds are established in the waters.
1.196.18
आपोमयाः सर्वरसाः सर्वमापोमयं जगत् ।
तस्मादप्सु विमुञ्चेमं क्रोधाग्निं द्विजसत्तम ॥ १.१९६.१८ ॥
All flavours are made of water, and the whole world is made of water; therefore, best of the twice-born, release this fire of wrath into the waters.
1.196.19
अयं तिष्ठतु ते विप्र यदीच्छसि महोदधौ ।
मन्युजोऽग्निर्दहन्नापो लोका ह्यापोमयाः स्मृताः ॥ १.१९६.१९ ॥
O brahmin, if you wish, let this fire born of wrath remain in the great ocean; for the worlds are said to be made of water.
1.196.20
एवं प्रतिज्ञा सत्येयं तवानघ भविष्यति ।
न चैवं सामरा लोका गमिष्यन्ति पराभवम् ॥ १.१९६.२० ॥
O faultless one, let this vow of yours be fulfilled in this way, and thus the worlds, together with the gods, shall not go to ruin.
1.196.21
ततस्तं क्रोधजं तात और्वोऽग्निं वरुणालये ।
उत्ससर्ज स चैवाप उपयुङ्क्ते महोदधौ ॥ १.१९६.२१ ॥
Then, dear one, Aurva released that fire born of wrath into the abode of Varuṇa; and it consumes the waters in the great ocean.
1.196.22
महद्धयशिरो भूत्वा यत्तद्वेदविदो विदुः ।
तमग्निमुद्हिरद्वक्त्रात्पिबत्यापो महोदधौ ॥ १.१९६.२२ ॥
Taking the form of a great horse's head, which the knowers of the Veda know, that fire drinks the waters of the great ocean from its mouth.
1.196.23
तस्मात्त्वमपि भद्रं ते न लोकान्हन्तुमर्हसि ।
पराशरं पराँल्लोकाञ्जानञ्ज्ञानवतां वर ॥ १.१९६.२३ ॥
Therefore, may good fortune be yours; you too should not destroy the worlds. O Parāśara, best of the wise, knowing the other worlds, do not do this.