Shloka 12
Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)
चेतनाचेतनस्यास्य जड़मस्थावरस्य च । विनाशाय समुत्पन्नमहं घोर॑ महास्वनम्
cetanācetanasyāsya jaḍamasthāvarasya ca | vināśāya samutpannam ahaṃ ghoraṃ mahāsvanam |
इस चेतन-अचेतन, जड़ तथा स्थावर जगत् के विनाश के लिए जो घोर, महान्-स्वन वाला उपद्रव उत्पन्न हुआ है, उसे भी मैं समस्त प्राणियों पर दया करके सबके देखते-देखते यहीं शान्त कर सकता हूँ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when immense destructive forces arise, the ethical ideal highlighted is restraint guided by compassion (dayā) toward all beings; power is presented as legitimate only when governed by concern for universal welfare.
A terrifying, loud phenomenon associated with destruction is described as having arisen; the speaker asserts the capacity to pacify it immediately in full public view, emphasizing control over ominous forces in the tense lead-up to conflict.