Shloka 3
अगस्त्यस्य वित्तयाचनं तथा इल्वलोपभिक्षणनिर्णयः
Agastya’s request for wealth and the decision to seek resources from Ilvala
आसीद्दा कि प्रभावश्लू स दैत्यो मानवान्तक: । किमर्थ चोदितो मन्युरगस्त्यस्य महात्मन:,“मनुष्योंका विनाश करनेवाले उस दैत्यका प्रभाव कैसा था? और महात्मा अगस्त्यजीके मनमें क्रोधका उदय कैसे हुआ”?
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: āsīd dā kila prabhāvaślū sa daityo mānavāntakaḥ | kimarthaṁ codito manyur Agastyasya mahātmanaḥ ||
قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: «حقًّا، كان في سالف الزمان دَيْتْيَا يُدعى مَانَفَانْتَكَة، ذائع الصيت بقوّته المهيبة وبإهلاكه للبشر. فما طبيعة بأسه؟ ولأيّ سبب نهض الغضب في قلب الحكيم أغَسْتْيَا العظيم النفس؟»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical inquiry: destructive power used against innocents (humans) invites righteous intervention, and even a great sage’s anger is presented as something to be examined for its cause and moral grounding.
Vaiśampāyana introduces a past episode about a powerful Daitya called Mānavāntaka and sets up the story by asking two guiding questions—how formidable the Daitya was and what provoked the sage Agastya’s wrath.