Shloka 51
वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म
Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving
पिनाकधारी शिवको उस समय बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई और वे मुस्कराने लगे। जैसा कि ब्रह्माजीने कहा था, उसके अनुसार उन्होंने यज्ञमें भाग प्राप्त कर लिया ।।
pinākadhārī śivaḥ tadā mahān prahṛṣṭo ’bhavat sma, sa ca smitam akarot; yathā brahmaṇā proktaṃ tathā yajñe bhāgam avāpa. jvaraṃ ca sarvadharmajño bahudhā vyasṛjat tadā, śāntyarthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ; śṛṇu tac cāpi putraka vatsa yudhiṣṭhira.
Dijo Bhishma: Entonces Shiva, el portador del arco Pinaka, se llenó de gran complacencia y sonrió. Tal como Brahma lo había declarado, Shiva recibió la parte que le correspondía en el sacrificio. Luego, aquel Señor que todo lo conoce en materia de dharma liberó a Jvara, la Fiebre, en múltiples formas, para procurar la paz de todos los seres. Escucha también esto, hijo querido—oh amado Yudhishthira.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual and moral order must include due honour to all rightful participants; when cosmic roles are properly acknowledged (Śiva receiving his yajña-share), disorder is calmed. Even destructive forces like Jvara can be regulated and distributed for the larger aim of peace and stability among beings.
Bhīṣma narrates that Śiva, pleased and smiling, receives the sacrificial portion as Brahmā had ordained. Then Śiva releases or distributes the personified Fever (Jvara) into many forms, explicitly to secure peace for all creatures, and invites Yudhiṣṭhira to hear the details.