वह्निः शक्तिं तदा क्षेप्तुं न शशाक तथोत्थितः । यमोऽपि दंडं खड्गं च निरृतिस्तं शिशुं प्रति
vahniḥ śaktiṃ tadā kṣeptuṃ na śaśāka tathotthitaḥ | yamo'pi daṃḍaṃ khaḍgaṃ ca nirṛtistaṃ śiśuṃ prati
अग्नि उठ खड़ा होकर भी तब अपनी शक्ति नहीं फेंक सका; यम ने भी दण्ड और खड्ग उठाए, और निरृति ने भी उस शिशु की ओर अपने आयुध किए।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Agni rises with blazing aura yet cannot throw his spear; Yama lifts staff and sword; Nirṛti turns weapons toward the infant—each halted by unseen force, faces strained between wrath and awe.
Even cosmic regulators like Agni and Yama act only within divine permission; the Absolute governs all powers.
No tīrtha reference appears in this verse.
None.