Shloka 7
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama
Draupadī Episode
सम्पूर्णकोशा: किल मे मातर: पितरस्तथा । भयात् सर्वेषु लोकेषु नाधिजग्मु: परायणम्
Ūrva uvāca | sampūrṇakośāḥ kila me mātaraḥ pitaras tathā | bhayāt sarveṣu lokeṣu nādhijagmuḥ parāyaṇam | tataḥ vasiṣṭhādayaḥ sarve munayas tatra menire | tejasā dīpyamānaṃ vai dvitīyam iva bhāskaram |
Aurva dit : «Même mes mères — dont le sein était plein — et mes pères aussi, poussés par la peur, errèrent à travers tous les mondes, sans trouver nulle part un refuge. Alors tous les sages présents, à commencer par Vasiṣṭha, virent ce voyant resplendissant, embrasé de puissance spirituelle, tel un second soleil.»
ऑर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fear can drive even the most protected or privileged into restless flight, yet true refuge is not found by mere movement across realms; it is associated with dharmic protection and the stabilizing presence of realized sages whose tejas inspires confidence and order.
Aurva describes a crisis in which his kin—mothers and fathers—flee in fear through various worlds without finding shelter. In that setting, the assembled sages led by Vasiṣṭha perceive a great seer blazing with spiritual radiance, compared to a second sun.