Shloka 16
अदैवं दैवतं कुर्युर्दवतं चाप्पदैवतम् । लोकानन्यान् सृजेयुस्ते लोकपालांश्ष कोपिता:
adaivaṃ daivataṃ kuryur daivataṃ cāpy adaivatam | lokān anyān sṛjeyus te lokapālāṃś ca kopitāḥ ||
तपोबलाने ब्राह्मण जे दैवी नाही त्यालाही दैवत करू शकतात; आणि क्रोध आला तर देवांनाही देवत्वापासून भ्रष्ट करू शकतात। क्रुद्ध होऊन ते नवे-नवे लोक व लोकपालही निर्माण करू शकतात।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tapas (austerity) grants immense spiritual potency, but its ethical value depends on self-control: disciplined power sustains dharma, while anger can destabilize even the divine order.
Bhishma is emphasizing to his listener the extraordinary efficacy of brahmins’ ascetic power—able to elevate the non-divine, depose gods from their status, and even generate new worlds and their guardians—especially when provoked.