Shloka 6
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama
Draupadī Episode
संहारो हि यदा लोके भृगूणां क्षत्रियाधमै: । आगर्भोच्छेदनात् क्रान्तस्तदा मां मन्युराविशत्
saṃhāro hi yadā loke bhṛgūṇāṃ kṣatriyādhamaiḥ | āgarbhocchedanāt krāntas tadā māṃ manyur āviśat || tena yajñena śubhreṇa hūyamānena śaktijaḥ | tad vidīpitam ākāśaṃ sūryeṇeva ghanātyaye ||
Ūrva dit : «Lorsque, en ce monde, les plus vils des kṣatriyas entreprirent l’extermination des Bhṛgus—jusqu’à abattre même ceux qui étaient encore dans le ventre—alors la colère entra en moi. Et lorsque ce sacrifice pur fut offert par le fils de Śakti (Parāśara), le feu des oblations s’embrasa si violemment que tout le ciel s’illumina, tel l’éclat du soleil lorsque les nuées de pluie se sont dissipées.»
ऑर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the ethical horror of indiscriminate violence—especially the killing of the unborn—and shows how such adharma provokes consuming wrath; it also frames ritual power (yajña) as a force that can magnify human intention, for good or for destructive retaliation.
Aurva recalls a time when vile kṣatriyas began exterminating the Bhṛgu Brahmins, even killing fetuses; enraged, he becomes possessed by wrath. In parallel, Parāśara (son of Śakti) begins offering into a pure sacrifice whose fire flares so intensely that it illuminates the sky like the sun after clouds disperse.