Shloka 33
Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions
ते समासाद्य वरदं वासवं लोकपूजितम् । ऊचुरेकाग्रमनसो जहि वृत्रमिति प्रभो,तत्पश्चात् बुद्धिमान् बृहस्पति, महातेस्वी वसिष्ठ तथा सम्पूर्ण महर्षि वरदायक, लोकपूजित शतक्रतु इन्द्रके पास जाकर एकाग्रचित्त हो इस प्रकार बोले--'प्रभो! वृत्रासुरका वध करो”
te samāsādya varadaṃ vāsavaṃ lokapūjitam | ūcur ekāgramanaso jahi vṛtram iti prabho || tatpaścāt buddhimān bṛhaspatiḥ mahātejasvī vasiṣṭhaḥ tathā sampūrṇā maharṣayaḥ varadāyakaṃ lokapūjitaṃ śatakratuṃ indram upetyaikāgracittāḥ evam ūcuḥ— “prabho! vṛtrāsurasya vadhaṃ kuru” |
Bhīṣma dit : S’étant approchés de Vāsava (Indra), le dispensateur de dons vénéré par les mondes, ils parlèrent l’esprit fixé sur une seule intention : « Seigneur, tue Vṛtra. » Puis, le sage Bṛhaspati, le très rayonnant Vasiṣṭha et l’assemblée des ṛṣi accomplis se rendirent auprès d’Indra—Śatakratu, illustre et adoré comme donneur de grâces—et, le cœur concentré, l’exhortèrent : « Seigneur, fais périr Vṛtrāsura. »
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even powerful rulers are to act under the guidance of wisdom and dharma: when a threat endangers the worlds, decisive action—endorsed by enlightened counsel and undertaken with focused intent—becomes a duty rather than mere aggression.
A group led by Bṛhaspati and Vasiṣṭha approaches Indra, praised as a boon-giver, and with concentrated minds urges him to slay Vṛtra/Vṛtrāsura, framing the act as a necessary intervention for cosmic order.