Shloka 116
अध्याय ५७ — राजोपरिचरवसोः धर्मोपदेशः, सत्यवत्याः उत्पत्तिः, व्यासजन्म च
Adhyāya 57: Indra’s Counsel to King Vasu; Origin of Satyavatī; Birth of Vyāsa
ऐरावतकुलादेते प्रविष्टा हव्यवाहनम् । पारावत, पारिजात, पाण्डर, हरिण, कृश, विहंग, शरभ, मेद, प्रमोद और संहतापन--ये ऐरावतके कुलसे आकर आगमें आहुति बन गये थे
airāvatakulād ete praviṣṭā havyavāhanam | pārāvataḥ pārijātaḥ pāṇḍaraḥ hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ vihaṅgaḥ śarabhaḥ medaḥ pramodaḥ saṃhatāpanaś ca—ete airāvatakulasambhavā agnau āhutibhūtā babhūvuḥ |
Śaunaka said: “These beings, born of the lineage of Airāvata, entered Havyavāhana (the Fire) and became offerings. Pārāvata, Pārijāta, Pāṇḍara, Hariṇa, Kṛśa, Vihaṅga, Śarabha, Meda, Pramoda, and Saṃhatāpana—having come from Airāvata’s clan—were consumed in the sacrificial blaze.” In the wider narrative of the Ādi Parva, this underscores the terrible moral cost of uncontrolled wrath and mass destruction: even distinguished lineages are reduced to ‘oblations’ when violence is ritualized and allowed to run unchecked.
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