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Shloka 12

Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)

चेतनाचेतनस्यास्य जड़मस्थावरस्य च । विनाशाय समुत्पन्नमहं घोर॑ महास्वनम्‌,“इस चेतन-अचेतन और स्थावर-जंगम जगत्‌के विनाशके लिये प्रकट हुई महान्‌ कोलाहलकारी भयंकर शिलावृष्टि अथवा आँधीको भी मैं सदा समस्त प्राणियोंपर दया करके सबके देखते-देखते यहीं शान्त कर सकता हूँ

cetanācetanasyāsya jaḍamasthāvarasya ca | vināśāya samutpannam ahaṃ ghoraṃ mahāsvanam |

ความอื้ออึงอันน่าสะพรึงกลัวและกึกก้องยิ่งนี้—ซึ่งบังเกิดขึ้นเพื่อทำลายโลกทั้งที่มีชีวิตและไร้ชีวิต ทั้งที่เฉื่อยชาและนิ่งอยู่กับที่—ข้าสามารถระงับให้สงบลงได้ในทันที ณ ที่นี้เอง ด้วยความกรุณาต่อสรรพสัตว์ ต่อหน้าสายตาทุกผู้คน

चेतनof the sentient
चेतन:
TypeAdjective
Rootचेतन
Formneuter, genitive, singular
अचेतनस्यof the insentient
अचेतनस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootअचेतन
Formneuter, genitive, singular
अस्यof this
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formneuter, genitive, singular
जडम्inert, dull
जडम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजड
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अस्थावरस्यof the non-moving
अस्थावरस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootअस्थावर
Formneuter, genitive, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विनाशायfor destruction
विनाशाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootविनाश
Formmasculine, dative, singular
समुत्पन्नम्arisen, produced
समुत्पन्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-√पद् (पद्यते/पन्न)
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formnominative, singular
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
महास्वनम्great roar/sound
महास्वनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहास्वन
Formmasculine, accusative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

Even when immense destructive forces arise, the ethical ideal highlighted is restraint guided by compassion (dayā) toward all beings; power is presented as legitimate only when governed by concern for universal welfare.

A terrifying, loud phenomenon associated with destruction is described as having arisen; the speaker asserts the capacity to pacify it immediately in full public view, emphasizing control over ominous forces in the tense lead-up to conflict.