Shloka 16
ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā
ततो नारायण तेजो व्रतचर्येन्धनोत्थितम् । वक्त्रान्नि:सृत्य कृष्णस्य वल्विरद्भुतकर्मण:
tato nārāyaṇa-tejo vrata-caryendhanotthitam | vaktrān niḥsṛtya kṛṣṇasya valvir adbhuta-karmaṇaḥ ||
ನಂತರ ವ್ರತಾಚರಣೆಯೆಂಬ ಇಂಧನದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲಿತವಾದ ನಾರಾಯಣನ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು, ಅದ್ಭುತಕರ್ಮನಾದ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಮುಖಾರವಿಂದದಿಂದ ಹೊರಹೊಮ್ಮಿ ಅಗ್ನಿರೂಪವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗಿ, ಮರಗಳು, ಬಳ್ಳಿಗಳು, ಪೊದೆಗಳು, ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳು, ಜಿಂಕೆಗಳ ಗುಂಪು, ಕ್ರೂರ ಮೃಗಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ಪಗಳೊಡನೆ ಆ ಪರ್ವತವನ್ನು ದಹಿಸಲು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿತು.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tejas (spiritual potency) arising from disciplined vow-observance (vrata-caryā). It suggests that austerity and dharmic restraint are not merely private virtues but sources of transformative power, capable of manifesting as overwhelming force when aligned with the divine (Nārāyaṇa).
Bhīṣma narrates a miraculous event: Nārāyaṇa’s fiery energy, as if ignited by the ‘fuel’ of ascetic practice, emerges from Kṛṣṇa’s mouth and appears as fire, burning a mountain along with its vegetation and animal life, including birds, deer, fierce creatures, and serpents.