Shloka 6
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
तस्मादुत्तिष्ठते विप्र देवाद् विश्वभुवः पते: । क्षमा क्षमावतां श्रेष्ठ यया भूमिस्तु युज्यते
tasmād uttiṣṭhate vipra devād viśvabhuvaḥ pateḥ | kṣamā kṣamāvatāṃ śreṣṭha yayā bhūmis tu yujyate ||
ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಹೇ ವಿಪ್ರನೇ, ಏಳು. ವಿಶ್ವಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನಿಗೂ ಅಧಿಪತಿಯಾದ ಆ ದೇವರಿಂದಲೇ ಕ್ಷಮೆ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಹೇ ಕ್ಷಮಾವಂತರಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ, ಆ ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಿಂದಲೇ ಭೂಮಿ ಧಾರಿತವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Forgiveness (kṣamā) is presented as a divine principle originating from the Supreme Lord and as a force that sustains the world; therefore one should rise above anger and practice forbearance as a foundation of dharma and social stability.
Nārada exhorts a brahmin interlocutor to ‘rise up’—to adopt a higher moral stance—and grounds his counsel in theology: even the creator (Brahmā) has a lord, and from that supreme source forgiveness arises, by which the earth and human relations remain joined and workable.