Shloka 29
Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification
तपो विघ्नस्य कर्तारौ कामक्रोधवशं गतौ ।
परित्यजत भद्रं वो ब्रह्म हि प्रचुरं बलम् ॥
tapo vighnasya kartārau kāmakrodhavaśaṃ gatau / parityajata bhadraṃ vo brahma hi pracuraṃ balam
कामक्रोधवशं प्राप्तौ तपोविघ्नकरौ युवाम्। एतत् त्यजतं शुभं वो भवतु; ब्रह्म तेजो हि महाबलम्॥
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FAQs
The core ethic is self-governance: desire and anger turn even holy power into an anti-spiritual force (vighna). True brahman-strength is stable and beneficent, not reactive and destructive.
Carita with didactic dharma teaching embedded—ethical instruction delivered within a narrative event.
Tapas is inner heat that refines; kāma-krodha are distortions of that heat. When the same ‘fire’ is misdirected, it burns the practitioner and the world—hence Brahmā’s call to redirect power into brahman (integrated spiritual force).