Shloka 17
Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord
Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda
पापै: पापे क्रियमाणे हि चैल ततो रुद्रो जायते देव एष: । पापै: पापा: संजनयन्ति रुद्रं ततः सर्वान् साध्वसाधून् हिनस्ति,इलानन्दन! जब बहुत-से पापी पापाचार करने लगते हैं, तब ये संहारकारी रुद्रदेव प्रकट हो जाते हैं। पापात्मा पुरुष अपने पापोंद्वारा ही रुद्रको प्रकट करते हैं; फिर वे रुद्रदेव साधु और असाधु सब लोगोंका संहार कर डालते हैं
pāpaiḥ pāpe kriyamāṇe hi caila tato rudro jāyate deva eṣaḥ | pāpaiḥ pāpāḥ sañjanayanti rudraṃ tataḥ sarvān sādhvasādhūn hinasti, ilānandana |
カश्यパは言った。「イラーの子よ、多くの罪人が罪業を重ね続けるとき、破壊をもたらすこの神ルドラが顕現する。罪人たちは自らの罪によってルドラを生じさせ、そしてルドラは善人も悪人も等しく滅ぼす。」
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent collective wrongdoing is portrayed as generating a destructive cosmic response: sin itself becomes the cause for the manifestation of Rudra, and the resulting devastation can engulf both the virtuous and the wicked, emphasizing the social and cosmic fallout of widespread adharma.
Kaśyapa addresses “Ilānandana,” explaining a causal chain: when many people engage in sinful conduct, Rudra manifests; sinners, through their own sins, ‘produce’ Rudra; and Rudra then brings indiscriminate destruction affecting all—sādhu and asādhu alike.