Shloka 17
Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord
Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda
पापै: पापे क्रियमाणे हि चैल ततो रुद्रो जायते देव एष: । पापै: पापा: संजनयन्ति रुद्रं ततः सर्वान् साध्वसाधून् हिनस्ति
pāpaiḥ pāpe kriyamāṇe hi caila tato rudro jāyate deva eṣaḥ | pāpaiḥ pāpāḥ sañjanayanti rudraṃ tataḥ sarvān sādhvasādhūn hinasti, ilānandana |
Kasyapa berkata: “Wahai putra Ilā, ketika banyak pendosa terus menekuni perbuatan dosa, maka Rudra—dewa pembinasa—menampakkan diri. Dari dosa-dosa merekalah Rudra bangkit; lalu Rudra memusnahkan semua, baik yang saleh maupun yang durhaka.”
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent collective wrongdoing is portrayed as generating a destructive cosmic response: sin itself becomes the cause for the manifestation of Rudra, and the resulting devastation can engulf both the virtuous and the wicked, emphasizing the social and cosmic fallout of widespread adharma.
Kaśyapa addresses “Ilānandana,” explaining a causal chain: when many people engage in sinful conduct, Rudra manifests; sinners, through their own sins, ‘produce’ Rudra; and Rudra then brings indiscriminate destruction affecting all—sādhu and asādhu alike.