Shloka 43
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
ब्रद्माजी बोले--देवताओ! तुमने मुझे अच्छी बात सुझायी है! तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। तुम्हारे हृदयमें जो चिन्ता उत्पन्न हुई है, वही मेरे हृदयमें भी पैदा हुई है ।।
Brahmā uvāca—devatāḥ, yūyaṁ me śobhanāṁ matiṁ darśitavantaḥ; bhavataṁ kalyāṇaṁ bhavatu. yā yuṣmākaṁ hṛdaye cintā samutpannā sā mama hṛdaye ’pi samutpannā. lokatrayasya kṛtsnasya kathaṁ kāryaḥ parigrahaḥ? kathaṁ balakṣayo na syāt yuṣmākaṁ cātmanas ca me?
ブラフマーは言った。「おお神々よ、汝らは我に善き忠言を授けた—汝らに安寧あれ。汝らの心に起こった憂いは、我が心にもまた起こった。三界すべての事をいかにして全き責任として引き受け、成し遂げるべきか。しかも汝らの力も我が力も損なわれぬよう、いかに行うべきか。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even divine governance must be guided by prudent counsel and shared concern: one should undertake necessary duties for the welfare of all realms while avoiding wasteful depletion of strength—seeking sustainable means to uphold order (dharma).
Brahmā responds to the gods, affirming their advice and admitting he shares their anxiety. He frames the practical problem of administering the entire threefold cosmos and asks how to accomplish this without exhausting either the gods’ power or his own.