Shloka 12
अर्हणनिर्णयः
Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly
सस्मार च पुरा वृत्तां कथां तां पुरुषर्षभ । अंशावतरणे यासौ ब्रह्मणो भवने5भवत्,नरश्रेष्ठ भगवान्के सम्पूर्ण अंशों (देवताओं)-सहित अवतार लेनेके सम्बन्धमें ब्रह्मलोकमें पहले जो चर्चा हुई थी, वह प्राचीन घटना उन्हें याद आ गयी
sasmāra ca purā vṛttāṃ kathāṃ tāṃ puruṣarṣabha | aṃśāvataraṇe yāsau brahmaṇo bhavane 'bhavat ||
പുരുഷശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! അപ്പോൾ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ ഭവനത്തിൽ ഒരിക്കൽ ദേവാംശങ്ങളോടുകൂടി ഭഗവാൻ അവതരിക്കുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് നടന്നിരുന്ന ആ പുരാതന കഥ അവന് ഓർമ്മയായി।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames worldly events as connected to a prior divine deliberation: the restoration of cosmic order can involve a planned descent of divine powers (aṃśas), emphasizing providence and the moral architecture behind history.
The narrator indicates that a character recalls an earlier, ancient discussion in Brahmā’s realm about the gods’ partial incarnations—setting up background for why major figures and events unfold as they do.