Shloka 12
अर्हणनिर्णयः
Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly
सस्मार च पुरा वृत्तां कथां तां पुरुषर्षभ । अंशावतरणे यासौ ब्रह्मणो भवने5भवत्
sasmāra ca purā vṛttāṃ kathāṃ tāṃ puruṣarṣabha | aṃśāvataraṇe yāsau brahmaṇo bhavane 'bhavat ||
હે પુરુષશ્રેષ્ઠ! ત્યારે તેમને તે પ્રાચીન કથા યાદ આવી—જે એક વખત બ્રહ્માના ભવનમાં ભગવાનના દેવાંશો સહિત અવતરણ વિષે થઈ હતી।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames worldly events as connected to a prior divine deliberation: the restoration of cosmic order can involve a planned descent of divine powers (aṃśas), emphasizing providence and the moral architecture behind history.
The narrator indicates that a character recalls an earlier, ancient discussion in Brahmā’s realm about the gods’ partial incarnations—setting up background for why major figures and events unfold as they do.