Shloka 33
Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions
ते समासाद्य वरदं वासवं लोकपूजितम् । ऊचुरेकाग्रमनसो जहि वृत्रमिति प्रभो
te samāsādya varadaṃ vāsavaṃ lokapūjitam | ūcur ekāgramanaso jahi vṛtram iti prabho || tatpaścāt buddhimān bṛhaspatiḥ mahātejasvī vasiṣṭhaḥ tathā sampūrṇā maharṣayaḥ varadāyakaṃ lokapūjitaṃ śatakratuṃ indram upetyaikāgracittāḥ evam ūcuḥ— “prabho! vṛtrāsurasya vadhaṃ kuru” |
ビーシュマは言った。彼らは諸世界に崇められる授福者ヴァーサヴァ（インドラ）に近づき、心を一点に定めて言った。「主よ、ヴリトラを討て。」さらに、賢者ブリハスパティ、赫々たるヴァシシュタ、そして成就した聖仙たちの一同は、授福の主として名高く礼拝されるシャタクラトゥ・インドラのもとへ赴き、凝念してこう促した。「主よ、ヴリトラースラに死をもたらせ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even powerful rulers are to act under the guidance of wisdom and dharma: when a threat endangers the worlds, decisive action—endorsed by enlightened counsel and undertaken with focused intent—becomes a duty rather than mere aggression.
A group led by Bṛhaspati and Vasiṣṭha approaches Indra, praised as a boon-giver, and with concentrated minds urges him to slay Vṛtra/Vṛtrāsura, framing the act as a necessary intervention for cosmic order.