Shloka 8
Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)
अथ चेत् कामसंयोगाद् द्वेषो लोभश्व लक्ष्यते । देवेषु दैवप्रामाण्यान्नैषां तद् विक्रमिष्यति,“तथापि यदि देवताओंमें कामनावश द्वेष और लोभ लक्षित होता है तो (उनमें देवत्वका अभाव हो जानेके कारण) उनकी वह शक्ति हमलोगोंपर कोई प्रभाव नहीं दिखा सकेगी, क्योंकि देवोंमें देवभावकी प्रधानता है
atha cet kāmasaṁyogād dveṣo lobhaś ca lakṣyate | deveṣu daivaprāmāṇyān naiṣāṁ tad vikramiṣyati ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Doch wenn durch Verbindung mit Begierde selbst unter den Göttern Hass und Gier sichtbar würden, dann würde ihre Macht nicht über uns siegen; denn unter den Göttern ist die Autorität des göttlichen Prinzips vorrangig.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even beings regarded as divine may appear to show desire-born faults like hatred and greed; yet the verse emphasizes that true divinity is grounded in the primacy of the divine order/authority (daivaprāmāṇya), which limits the efficacy of such flawed impulses.
Vaiśampāyana comments on the possibility of moral defects being perceived among the gods and argues that, even if such traits are noticed, their power will not necessarily dominate the situation because the gods are ultimately governed by the higher principle of divinity.