Shloka 19
अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः
Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry
त्वं हि संहारबुद्धया मे चिन्तिता रुषितेन च । तस्मात् संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजाःसजडपण्डिता:
tvaṃ hi saṃhārabuddhyā me cintitā ruṣitena ca | tasmāt saṃhara sarvāstvāṃ prajāḥ sajaḍapaṇḍitāḥ ||
“ମୁଁ କ୍ରୋଧରେ ପ୍ରଜାସଂହାରର ଭାବନା ନେଇ ତୋତେ ଚିନ୍ତନ କରିଥିଲି; ତେଣୁ ମୂଢ ଓ ପଣ୍ଡିତ—ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ସହ—ସମଗ୍ର ପ୍ରଜାକୁ ସଂହାର କର।”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical danger of anger-driven intention: when the mind turns toward harm, it can lead to indiscriminate destruction that ignores moral distinctions (foolish and learned alike). It implicitly warns that inner states (krodha/roṣa) can distort judgment and unleash consequences beyond proportion.
Nārada speaks to a powerful being he had mentally invoked while enraged, confessing that his contemplation was motivated by a wish to destroy. He then issues a command to annihilate all beings without discrimination, framing the act as a consequence of that wrathful intention.