Shloka 76
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
ततः स भगवान् देवो लोकस्त्रष्टा पितामह:,(एवमुक्त्वा जटाभारं संयम्य प्रपितामह: । परिधायाजिन गाढं संन्यस्य च कमण्डलुम् ।। प्रतोदपाणिर्भगवानारुरोह रथ तदा ।) तदनन्तर लोकस्रष्टा भगवान् पितामह देवने जो जगतके प्रपितामह हैं, उपर्युक्त बात कहकर अपनी जटाओंके बोझको बाँध लिया और मृगचर्मके वस्त्रको अच्छी तरह कसकर कमण्डलुको अलग रख दिया। तत्पश्चात् वे भगवान् ब्रह्मा हाथमें चाबुक लेकर तत्काल उस रथपर जा चढ़े
tataḥ sa bhagavān devo lokasraṣṭā pitāmahaḥ | (evam uktvā jaṭābhāraṃ saṃyamya prapitāmahaḥ | paridhāyājinaṃ gāḍhaṃ saṃnyasya ca kamaṇḍalum || pratodapāṇir bhagavān āruroha rathaṃ tadā |)
Daraufhin band jener selige Gott—der ehrwürdige Großvater, Schöpfer der Welten—nach diesen Worten die schwere Masse seiner verfilzten Locken zusammen. Er zog sein Hirschfellgewand fest an und stellte den Wasserkrug beiseite; dann bestieg der verehrungswürdige Prāpitāmaha, die Peitsche in der Hand, sogleich den Wagen.
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a figure marked by renunciation (deerskin, water-pot, matted locks) may set aside ascetic emblems and take up instruments of action when the maintenance of order and duty requires decisive intervention.
Brahmā, addressed as the world-creator and grandsire, finishes speaking, binds his matted hair, tightens his deerskin garment, sets aside his kamaṇḍalu, takes a whip, and mounts a chariot—signaling immediate readiness to act.