Shloka 366
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
ततः: किलकिलाशब्दैसकाशं पूरयन्निव । वे भयंकर रूपधारी विशालकाय रुद्रगण सैकड़ों और हजारोंकी टोलियाँ बनाकर अपनी किलकारियोंसे आकाशको गुँजाते हुए-से दक्षयज्ञका विध्वंस करनेके लिये बड़ी तेजीके साथ टूट पड़े
tataḥ kilakilāśabdaiḥ sakāśaṃ pūrayann iva | te bhayaṅkara-rūpadhāriṇaḥ viśāla-kāyā rudragaṇāḥ śataśaḥ sahasraśaś ca gaṇīkṛtya svābhiḥ kilakilābhiḥ ākāśaṃ ghoṣayanta iva dakṣayajñasya vidhvaṃsārthaṃ mahāvegāt samabhipetuḥ ||
そのとき、甲高い鬨の声であたかも全空を満たすかのように、恐るべき姿にして巨体のルドラの軍勢は、百、千の群れとなって集い、叫喚で天を轟かせつつ、ダクシャの祭祀を滅ぼさんと猛烈な速さで襲いかかった。この段は、敬虔と正しい行いから切り離された儀礼が、功徳ではなく破滅の契機となりうることを示している。
दक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action (yajña) is not self-justifying; when performed with arrogance, exclusion, or disrespect toward the divine and the righteous, it loses its sanctity and can invite downfall. Dharma requires inner propriety and reverence, not merely external ceremony.
Dakṣa describes the sudden onslaught of Rudra’s fearsome attendants. In large bands, they fill the sky with piercing cries and charge swiftly with the intent to wreck Dakṣa’s sacrificial proceedings.