Shloka 5
अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः
Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry
महादेव! यह पृथ्वीदेवी भारी भारसे पीड़ित हो सदा मुझे प्रजाके संहारके लिये प्रेरित करती रही है; क्योंकि यह जगत्के भारसे समुद्रमें डुबी जा रही है ।। यदाहं नाधिगच्छामि बुद्धया बहु विचारयन् । संहारमासां वृद्धानां ततो मां क्रोध आविशत्,जब बहुत विचार करनेपर भी मुझे इन बढ़ी हुई प्रजाओंके संहारका कोई उपाय न सूझा, तब मुझे क्रोध आ गया
mahādeva! iyaṃ pṛthivīdevī bhārī bhārasena pīḍitā sadā māṃ prajā-saṃhārāya prerayitavatī; yasmād iyaṃ jagad-bhāreṇa samudre nimajjatīva. yadāhaṃ nādhigacchāmi buddhyā bahu vicārayan saṃhāram āsāṃ vṛddhānāṃ tato māṃ krodha āviśat.
Nārada said: “O Mahādeva, the goddess Earth—crushed by an excessive burden—has continually urged me to bring about the destruction of the teeming multitudes, for under the weight of the world she seems to be sinking into the ocean. When, even after much reflection, my mind could find no means to bring about the destruction of these overgrown populations, anger entered me.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames social and moral imbalance as a ‘burden’ on Earth, implying that unchecked growth and disorder require restoration of cosmic balance; it also warns that even a sage’s deliberation can be overtaken by krodha when no righteous remedy is seen.
Nārada addresses Mahādeva, reporting that Earth, overwhelmed by the world’s weight, repeatedly urges him toward a destructive remedy. After prolonged reflection fails to reveal a method for reducing the swollen multitudes, Nārada admits that anger seized him.