Shloka 33
Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions
ते समासाद्य वरदं वासवं लोकपूजितम् । ऊचुरेकाग्रमनसो जहि वृत्रमिति प्रभो
te samāsādya varadaṃ vāsavaṃ lokapūjitam | ūcur ekāgramanaso jahi vṛtram iti prabho || tatpaścāt buddhimān bṛhaspatiḥ mahātejasvī vasiṣṭhaḥ tathā sampūrṇā maharṣayaḥ varadāyakaṃ lokapūjitaṃ śatakratuṃ indram upetyaikāgracittāḥ evam ūcuḥ— “prabho! vṛtrāsurasya vadhaṃ kuru” |
Bhīṣma berkata: Setelah mendekati Vāsava (Indra), si pemberi anugerah yang dipuja oleh segala dunia, mereka berkata dengan fikiran tertumpu sehala: “Wahai Tuhan, bunuhlah Vṛtra.” Kemudian sekali lagi, Bṛhaspati yang bijaksana, Vasiṣṭha yang sangat bercahaya, serta para resi yang sempurna berhimpun pergi kepada Indra—Śatakratu, masyhur dan disembah sebagai pemberi kurnia—dan dengan hati yang terpusat mereka merayu: “Wahai Tuhan, datangkanlah kematian bagi Vṛtrāsura.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even powerful rulers are to act under the guidance of wisdom and dharma: when a threat endangers the worlds, decisive action—endorsed by enlightened counsel and undertaken with focused intent—becomes a duty rather than mere aggression.
A group led by Bṛhaspati and Vasiṣṭha approaches Indra, praised as a boon-giver, and with concentrated minds urges him to slay Vṛtra/Vṛtrāsura, framing the act as a necessary intervention for cosmic order.