Shloka 14
Kāmyake Pāṇḍavānāṃ Bhojana-vyavasthā
Provisioning and Welfare in the Kāmyaka Forest
तो मन्नियोगाद् ब्रह्म॒र्षे क्षितो जातौ महाद्युती । भूमेर्भारावतरणं महावीर्यों करिष्यत:,“ब्रह्मर्ष! ये दोनों महातेजस्वी नर और नारायण मेरे अनुरोधसे पृथ्वीपर उत्पन्न हुए हैं। इनकी शक्ति महान् है, ये दोनों इस पृथ्वीका भार उतारेंगे
tau manniyogād brahmarṣe kṣitau jātau mahādyutī | bhūmer bhārāvataraṇaṁ mahāvīryau kariṣyataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O brahmarṣi, at my request those two—Nara and Nārāyaṇa—have been born upon the earth, radiant with great splendor. Possessed of mighty power, they will accomplish the removal of the earth’s burden.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When disorder and oppression become a ‘burden’ upon the world, divine power manifests through righteous agents to restore balance. The verse frames this restoration as a purposeful, ethical intervention—strength employed for the protection of the earth and the reestablishment of dharma.
Vaiśampāyana explains to a brahmarṣi that Nara and Nārāyaṇa have taken birth on earth at his request. Their mission is to relieve the earth of its burden—an epic motif indicating the removal of destructive forces and the rebalancing of the world through extraordinary valor.