Shloka 7
अत्रिर॒वाच कथं रक्षामि भवतस्ते<ब्रुवंश्वन्द्रमा भव । तिमिरघ्नश्न सविता दस्युहन्ता च नो भव
atrir uvāca: kathaṁ rakṣāmi bhavatas te? bruvan: candramā bhava; timiraghnaś ca savitā, dasyuhantā ca no bhava.
अत्रि म्हणाले— “मी तुमचे रक्षण कसे करू?” देव म्हणाले— “तुम्ही चंद्र व्हा आणि अंधार नष्ट करणारा सूर्यही व्हा. आमच्यासाठी या दरोडेखोरासारख्या दानव शत्रूंचा संहार करा.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Protection of the righteous may require assuming a role that dispels ignorance and fear (symbolized by darkness) and actively restrains destructive forces; ethical guardianship is both illuminating (guiding) and corrective (removing harm).
Atri asks how he can safeguard the gods; they instruct him to take on the functions of the Moon and the Sun—dispelling darkness—and to destroy the hostile marauders/demonic enemies threatening them.