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 |
Uproar yang mengerikan dan menggelegar—yang bangkit untuk membinasakan dunia ini, yang bernyawa maupun tak bernyawa, yang inert dan yang tak bergerak—dapat kutenangkan seketika di sini juga, demi belas kasih kepada semua makhluk, di hadapan mata setiap orang.
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.