Shloka 15
Vasiṣṭhāpavāha: Sarasvatī’s Diversion and Viśvāmitra’s Curse (वसिष्ठापवाहः)
ततः प्रक्षीयमाणं तद् राज्यं तस्य महीपते: । छिद्यमानं यथानन्तं वनं परशुना विभो,क्रोधेन महता5<विष्टो धर्मात्मा वै प्रतापवान् | वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन! ब्राह्मणत्वकी प्राप्ति करानेवाले उस तीर्थसे प्रस्थित होकर यदुनन्दन बलरामजी “अवाकीर्ण' तीर्थमें गये, जहाँ आश्रममें रहते हुए महातपस्वी धर्मात्मा एवं प्रतापी दलभपुत्र बकने महान् क्रोधमें भरकर घोर तपस्याद्वारा अपने शरीरको सुखाते हुए विचित्रवीर्यकुमार राजा धृतराष्ट्रके राष्ट्रका होम कर दिया था
tataḥ prakṣīyamāṇaṁ tad rājyaṁ tasya mahīpateḥ | chidyamānaṁ yathānantam vanaṁ paraśunā vibho, krodhena mahatāviṣṭo dharmātmā vai pratāpavān |
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then that king’s realm began to waste away—being cut down, as though an endless forest were being hewn with an axe. Overwhelmed by great wrath, that righteous and mighty ascetic brought ruin upon the kingdom, showing how uncontrolled anger, even when born in a dharmic person, can become a force that consumes an entire polity.
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