Shloka 31
Kubera-prasāda-vihāra and Counsel on Ajñātavāsa (कुबेरप्रसादविहारः तथा अज्ञातवासोपदेशः)
तत उक्तो भगवता दिष्टमत्रेति भारत भवितान्तस्त्वमप्येषां देहेनानयेन शत्रुहन्,भरतनन्दन! उनके ऐसा कहनेपर भगवान् ब्रह्माने कहा--“शत्रुदमन देवराज! इसमें दैवका यही विधान है कि तुम्हीं दूसरा शरीर धारण करके इन दानवोंका अन्त कर सकोगे”
tata ukto bhagavatā diṣṭam atreti bhārata bhavitāntas tvam apy eṣāṃ dehenānyena śatruhan bharatanandana
When they had spoken thus, the Blessed Brahmā replied: “O subduer of foes, O lord of the gods! In this matter, such is the ordinance of destiny: you too will assume another body, and by that means you will bring about the end of these Dānavas.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes daiva (destiny) as a divine ordinance guiding events: the destruction of harmful forces is presented as part of cosmic order, and the hero’s duty is to act as an instrument of that ordained restoration, even through a future embodiment.
Brahmā responds to a request or concern by declaring that the end of certain Dānavas is fixed by fate, and that the addressed hero—identified as the lord of the gods and foe-slayer—will take on another body and thereby accomplish their destruction.