Shloka 17
शबलाहरणम्
The Attempted Seizure of Sabalā (Kāmadhenu) and the Triumph of Brahmic Power
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सुरभिस्साऽसृजत्तदा।।।।तस्या हुम्भारवोत्सृष्टा: पप्लवाश्शतशो नृप।नाशयन्ति बलं सर्वं विश्वामित्रस्य पश्यत:।।।।
tasya tad-vacanaṃ śrutvā surabhiḥ sā ’sṛjat tadā | tasyā humbhāravotsṛṣṭāḥ paplavāḥ śataśo nṛpa | nāśayanti balaṃ sarvaṃ viśvāmitrasya paśyataḥ ||
তেওঁৰ সেই আজ্ঞাবচন শুনি সুৰভি (শবলা) তেতিয়াই এক বিশাল সেনা সৃষ্টি কৰিলে। হে নৃপ, তাইৰ ‘হুম্ভা’ গর্জনৰ পৰা শতশত পপ্লৱ জন্মিল আৰু বিশ্বামিত্ৰে চাই থাকোঁতেই তেওঁলোকেই তেওঁৰ সমগ্ৰ বাহিনী ধ্বংস কৰিলে।
Hearing his words Kamadhenu created an army. O Rama! her lowing brought into being Paplavas in hundreds who destroyed the entire army of Viswamitra, while he looked on helplessly.
FAQs
Adharma-driven seizure meets principled resistance: dharmic power (aligned with a sage’s command) overcomes mere military might.
Śabalā obeys Vasiṣṭha and manifests Paplavas, who rout and destroy Viśvāmitra’s army before his eyes.
Obedience to righteous instruction and protective responsiveness—Śabalā acts as an instrument of dharmic order.