Shloka 17
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
तेषां सा कथयामास भूरिभारावपीडिता ।
दनुजातमजदैत्योत्थं खेदकारणमात्मनः ॥
teṣāṃ sā kathayāmāsa bhūribhārāvapīḍitā |
danujātmaja-daityotthaṃ kheda-kāraṇam ātmanaḥ ||
وقد أثقلها حملٌ جسيم، فقصّت عليهم سبب كربها—بلاءً ناشئًا من شياطين وُلدوا من دانو.
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FAQs
Adharma (here embodied by Danava/Daitya forces) manifests as a tangible 'burden' that produces collective and personal suffering; the verse sets up the moral logic that disorder has identifiable causes and must be addressed through restoration of dharma.
This verse belongs primarily to Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-style narration (accounts connected with lineages and deeds of beings) rather than Sarga/Pratisarga; it functions as a narrative hinge introducing the demonic cause behind a crisis.
The 'heavy burden' symbolizes the accumulated weight of tamasic forces (ignorance, coercion, imbalance). The disclosure of the 'cause of distress' indicates that liberation/restoration begins with right diagnosis—seeing the source of bondage before its removal.