Shloka 29
Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification
तपो विघ्नस्य कर्तारौ कामक्रोधवशं गतौ ।
परित्यजत भद्रं वो ब्रह्म हि प्रचुरं बलम् ॥
tapo vighnasya kartārau kāmakrodhavaśaṃ gatau / parityajata bhadraṃ vo brahma hi pracuraṃ balam
“You two have become makers of obstacles to austerity, having come under the sway of desire and anger. Abandon this—may it be well with you—for brahman (spiritual power) indeed is abundant strength.”
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FAQs
The core ethic is self-governance: desire and anger turn even holy power into an anti-spiritual force (vighna). True brahman-strength is stable and beneficent, not reactive and destructive.
Carita with didactic dharma teaching embedded—ethical instruction delivered within a narrative event.
Tapas is inner heat that refines; kāma-krodha are distortions of that heat. When the same ‘fire’ is misdirected, it burns the practitioner and the world—hence Brahmā’s call to redirect power into brahman (integrated spiritual force).