Shloka 43
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
ब्रद्माजी बोले--देवताओ! तुमने मुझे अच्छी बात सुझायी है! तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। तुम्हारे हृदयमें जो चिन्ता उत्पन्न हुई है, वही मेरे हृदयमें भी पैदा हुई है ।। लोकत्रयस्य कृत्स्नस्य कथं कार्य: परिग्रह: । कथं बलक्षयो न स्याद् युष्माकं हात्मनश्ल मे,किस प्रकार तीनों लोकोंके अधिकृत कार्यका सम्पादन किया जाय तथा किस तरह तुम्हारी और मेरी शक्तिका भी क्षय न हो
Brahmā uvāca—devatāḥ, yūyaṁ me śobhanāṁ matiṁ darśitavantaḥ; bhavataṁ kalyāṇaṁ bhavatu. yā yuṣmākaṁ hṛdaye cintā samutpannā sā mama hṛdaye ’pi samutpannā. lokatrayasya kṛtsnasya kathaṁ kāryaḥ parigrahaḥ? kathaṁ balakṣayo na syāt yuṣmākaṁ cātmanas ca me?
Brahmā disse: “Ó deuses, oferecestes-me um conselho sensato — que o bem-estar vos acompanhe. A mesma preocupação que surgiu em vossos corações surgiu também no meu. Como assumir e levar a cabo, por inteiro, a responsabilidade pelos assuntos dos três mundos? E como fazê-lo de modo que nem a vossa força nem a minha se diminuam?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even divine governance must be guided by prudent counsel and shared concern: one should undertake necessary duties for the welfare of all realms while avoiding wasteful depletion of strength—seeking sustainable means to uphold order (dharma).
Brahmā responds to the gods, affirming their advice and admitting he shares their anxiety. He frames the practical problem of administering the entire threefold cosmos and asks how to accomplish this without exhausting either the gods’ power or his own.