Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification
ततः सुरैर्वन्द्यमानो ब्रह्मा लोकं निजं ययौ ।
वशिष्ठोऽप्यात्मनः स्थानं कौशिकोऽपि स्वामाश्रयम् ॥
tataḥ surairvandyamāno brahmā lokaṃ nijaṃ yayau / vaśiṣṭho 'pyātmanaḥ sthānaṃ kauśiko 'pi svāmāśrayam
ਫਿਰ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਸ্তুਤੀ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਆਪਣੇ ਲੋਕ ਨੂੰ ਚਲੇ ਗਏ। ਵਸਿਸ਼ਠ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਥਾਂ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਕੌਸ਼ਿਕ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਸਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ।
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When dharma is restored, each being returns to svadharma—one’s proper station and responsibilities. Praise by the gods marks approval of peacemaking as a cosmic service.
Carita: denouement of an episode; reinforces normative order rather than expanding cosmological enumeration.
‘Returning to one’s own abode’ signifies re-centering: consciousness returns from dispersion (conflict) to its native stability after right instruction.