Shloka 2
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
देव्या मन्युकृतं मत्वा क्रुद्धः सर्वात्मक: प्रभु: । प्रसादात् तस्य दक्षेण स यज्ञ: संधित: कथम् | एतद् वेदितुमिच्छेयं तन्मे ब्रूहि यथातथम्
devyā manyukṛtaṃ matvā kruddhaḥ sarvātmakaḥ prabhuḥ | prasādāt tasya dakṣeṇa sa yajñaḥ sandhitaḥ katham | etad veditum iccheyaṃ tan me brūhi yathātatham ||
ಜನಮೇಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ದೇವಿಗೆ ಅಪಮಾನವಾಗಿ ದುಃಖವಾಯಿತು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದು, ಸರ್ವಭೂತಗಳ ಅಂತರಾತ್ಮನಾದ ಪ್ರಭು ಶಂಕರನು ಕ್ರುದ್ಧನಾದನು. ಆದರೂ ಅದೇ ಪ್ರಭುವಿನ ಕೃಪಾಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದ ದಕ್ಷನ ಯಜ್ಞವು ಹೇಗೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಯಿತು? ಈ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತವನ್ನು ನಾನು ತಿಳಿಯ ಬಯಸುತ್ತೇನೆ; ನಡೆದಂತೆ ಯಥಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ನನಗೆ ಹೇಳು.
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between righteous anger at wrongdoing and the higher resolution through grace and reconciliation: even when cosmic order is disturbed by insult and exclusion, restoration becomes possible through divine favor and proper settlement.
Janamejaya asks how Dakṣa’s sacrificial rite could still be completed after Śiva, angered by the Goddess’s affront, rose in wrath—seeking a precise account of how the sacrifice was ultimately restored through Śiva’s appeased grace.