Shloka 26
Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)
कर्मसिद्धौ तदा तत्र जूम्भमाणा महाद्धुता । कृत्या समुत्थिता राजन् कि करोमीति चाब्रवीत्,राजन! कर्मकी सिद्धि होनेपर वहाँ यज्ञकुण्डसे उस समय एक अत्यन्त अदभुत कृत्या जँभाई लेती हुई प्रकट हुई और बोली--“मैं क्या करूँ?”
karmasiddhau tadā tatra jṛmbhamāṇā mahādbhūtā | kṛtyā samutthitā rājan kiṃ karomīti cābravīt ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– အခမ်းအနားက အောင်မြင်ပြီးစီးသည့်အခါ၊ ထိုနေရာ၌ ယဇ်ကွန်ဒ်မှ အလွန်အံ့ဖွယ် ကෘတျယာတစ်ပါးသည် ဟားခနဲ အော်ဟစ်သလို အာဟာရယူသကဲ့သို့ ဟန်ပြုကာ ပေါ်ထွက်လာပြီး ဘုရင်ကို မေးလေသည်– “ကျွန်မ ဘာလုပ်ရမလဲ” ဟု။
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power generated through ritual or intention is ethically neutral until directed; therefore the moral burden lies on the agent who initiates it. The kṛtyā’s question highlights accountability: once a harmful force is successfully produced, one must choose whether to restrain it or deploy it, and that choice bears karmic and dharmic consequences.
At the completion of a sacrificial/ritual act, a supernatural being called a kṛtyā manifests from the sacrificial setting, appearing in an uncanny, awe-inspiring manner. She addresses the king and asks for instructions—signaling that the rite has succeeded and the created force now awaits its assigned task.