Shloka 76
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
ततः स भगवान् देवो लोकस्त्रष्टा पितामह:,(एवमुक्त्वा जटाभारं संयम्य प्रपितामह: । परिधायाजिन गाढं संन्यस्य च कमण्डलुम् ।।
tataḥ sa bhagavān devo lokasraṣṭā pitāmahaḥ | (evam uktvā jaṭābhāraṃ saṃyamya prapitāmahaḥ | paridhāyājinaṃ gāḍhaṃ saṃnyasya ca kamaṇḍalum || pratodapāṇir bhagavān āruroha rathaṃ tadā |)
Kemudian, dewa yang mulia itu—Datuk Agung, pencipta segala dunia—setelah berkata demikian, mengikat kemas gumpalan rambut jata yang berat. Baginda mengetatkan pakaian kulit rusa dan meletakkan kendi air (kamaṇḍalu) ke tepi. Lalu Prāpitāmaha yang dihormati itu menggenggam cemeti dan serta-merta menaiki kereta.
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a figure marked by renunciation (deerskin, water-pot, matted locks) may set aside ascetic emblems and take up instruments of action when the maintenance of order and duty requires decisive intervention.
Brahmā, addressed as the world-creator and grandsire, finishes speaking, binds his matted hair, tightens his deerskin garment, sets aside his kamaṇḍalu, takes a whip, and mounts a chariot—signaling immediate readiness to act.