Shloka 51
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
ऊचुः प्राउज्जलय: सर्वे कथ्यतां को भवानिति | तब ब्रह्मा आदि देवता तथा प्रजापति दक्ष--ये सब के-सब हाथ जोड़कर बोले --देवदेव! कहिये, आप कौन हैं?” || ५० है ।।
Vīrabhadra uvāca: Nāhaṃ rudro na vā devī naiva bhoktum ihāgataḥ.
ພຣະພຣະຫມາ ແລະເທວະດາທັງປວງ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍ ດັກຊະ ຜູ້ເປັນປຣະຊາປະຕິ ພາກັນປະນົມມື ແລ້ວກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ເທວະເທວະ! ຂໍຈົ່ງບອກວ່າ ທ່ານແມ່ນໃຜ?» ວີຣະພັດຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ແມ່ນ ຣຸດຣະ ແລະບໍ່ແມ່ນ ເທວີ; ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກໍບໍ່ໄດ້ມາທີ່ນີ້ເພື່ອຮັບສ່ວນເຄື່ອງບູຊາ ຫຼືເພື່ອເສບສຸກ»។
वीरभद्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes non-self-interested action: the speaker denies coming for enjoyment or reward, pointing to a principle that true duty or divine mission is not driven by personal consumption but by a larger moral-cosmic necessity.
Vīrabhadra responds to questioning about his identity and purpose. He refuses to be reduced to familiar divine labels (Rudra/Devī) and clarifies that his presence is not for receiving offerings or pleasures, setting a grave tone for the events connected with enforcing order around sacrificial and ethical transgression.