Shloka 20
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
पक्षिण ऊचुः तेजोभागैस्ततो देवा अवतेरुर्दिवो महीम् । प्रजानामुपकारार्थं भूभारहरणाय च ॥
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ tejobhāgais tato devā avaterur divo mahīm | prajānām upakārārthaṁ bhūbhāra-haraṇāya ca ||
Les oiseaux dirent : Alors les dieux, par des parts de leur propre splendeur, descendirent du ciel sur la terre—pour le bien des êtres vivants et afin d’ôter le fardeau qui pesait sur la Terre.
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FAQs
Divine intervention is portrayed as purposive and ethical: the descent of higher powers is justified not for display, but for lokahita—protecting beings, re-establishing dharma, and relieving the world from oppressive forces that become an ‘Earth-burden’ (bhūbhāra).
This aligns chiefly with Vaṁśānucarita/Carita (accounts of divine and heroic descents and deeds) and secondarily with Manvantara/Dharma-restoration motifs, since ‘removal of Earth’s burden’ is a recurring Purāṇic marker for epochal correction within cosmic time.
‘Tejobhāga’ suggests that incarnational action is a calibrated emanation of divine potency rather than the whole transcendent reality becoming limited. Symbolically, ‘descending from heaven to earth’ signifies consciousness (deva-tejas) entering the field of action (mahī) to dissolve the accumulated weight of disorder (bhūbhāra) and restore balance.