Shloka 26
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Kṛṣṇa’s Rudra-Cosmogony Explanation (सौप्तिक पर्व, अध्याय १७)
'पितामह! मैंने जलमें तपस्या करके प्रजाके लिये अन्न प्राप्त किया है; वे अन्नरूप ओषधियाँ प्रजाओंके ही समान निरन्तर विभिन्न अवस्थाओंमें परिणत होती रहेंगी” ।। एवमुक््त्वा स सक्रोधो जगाम विमना भव: । गिरेमुज्जवत: पादं तपस्तप्तुं महातपा:,ऐसा कहकर क्रोधमें भरे हुए महातपस्वी महादेवजी उदास मनसे मुंजवान् पर्वतकी घाटीपर तपस्या करनेके लिये चले गये
pitāmaha! mayā jalē tapasā kṛtvā prajābhyaḥ kṛtē annaṃ prāptaṃ; tē annarūpā oṣadhayaḥ prajānām iva nityam vividhāvasthāsu pariṇatā bhaviṣyanti. evam uktvā sa sakrōdhō jagāma vimanā bhavaḥ; girēḥ muñjavataḥ pādaṃ tapastaptuṃ mahātapāḥ.
‘O Grandsire! By performing austerity in the waters I have obtained food for the sake of living beings. Those herbs, taking the form of nourishment, will continually transform into diverse conditions, just as creatures themselves do.’ Having spoken thus, Bhava (Śiva)—his anger aroused and his mind cast down—departed. That great ascetic went to the foothills of Mount Muñjavat to undertake further austerities.
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