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Mahabharata 3.190.28Vana Parva, Adhyaya 190, Shloka 28

अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः

The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise

दैत्या हिंसानुरक्ताश्न अवध्या: सुरसत्तमै: । राक्षसाश्षापि लोकेड5स्मिन्‌ यदोत्पत्स्यन्ति दारुणा:

daityā hiṃsānuraktāś ca avadhyāḥ surasattamaiḥ | rākṣasāś cāpi loke 'smin yadotpatsyanti dāruṇāḥ ||

ദേവൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹിംസയിൽ ആസക്തരായ ദൈത്യർ ശ്രേഷ്ഠദേവന്മാർക്കും വധിക്കാനാവാത്തവരായി മാറുകയും, ഈ ലോകത്ത് ഭയങ്കരരാക്ഷസർ ഉദിച്ച് പ്രജയെ പീഡിപ്പിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങുകയും ചെയ്യുമ്പോൾ, ഞാൻ ധർമ്മാത്മാക്കളുടെ ഗൃഹങ്ങളിൽ മനുഷ്യദേഹത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ച് പ്രത്യക്ഷനാകുന്നു; ആ ദൈത്യരാക്ഷസന്മാരുടെ മുഴുവൻ ഉപദ്രവവും ശമിപ്പിക്കുന്നു।

दैत्याḥDaityas (demons)
दैत्याḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिंसा-अनुरक्ताःattached to violence, violence-loving
हिंसा-अनुरक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहिंसानुरक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अवध्याःnot to be slain, invulnerable
अवध्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअवध्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सुर-सत्तमैःby the best of the gods
सुर-सत्तमैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुरसत्तम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
राक्षसाःRakshasas
राक्षसाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
उत्पत्स्यन्तिwill arise, will spring up
उत्पत्स्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्+पत्
FormFuture, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
दारुणाःterrible, fierce
दारुणाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदारुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

देव उवाच

D
Deva (the divine speaker)
D
Daityas
S
Suras (gods)
R
Rakshasas
T
the world (loka)
R
righteous/virtuous people (puṇyātmānaḥ, implied by the accompanying prose)

Educational Q&A

When destructive forces become overwhelming and threaten dharma, the divine is said to manifest in the human realm to protect the righteous and restore moral and cosmic order.

The divine speaker explains a recurring pattern: as violent Daityas and dreadful Rakshasas arise and become unassailable even to the gods, the deity takes human embodiment among virtuous households and neutralizes their oppression.

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