Shloka 26
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Kṛṣṇa’s Rudra-Cosmogony Explanation (सौप्तिक पर्व, अध्याय १७)
'पितामह! मैंने जलमें तपस्या करके प्रजाके लिये अन्न प्राप्त किया है; वे अन्नरूप ओषधियाँ प्रजाओंके ही समान निरन्तर विभिन्न अवस्थाओंमें परिणत होती रहेंगी” ।।
pitāmaha! mayā jalē tapasā kṛtvā prajābhyaḥ kṛtē annaṃ prāptaṃ; tē annarūpā oṣadhayaḥ prajānām iva nityam vividhāvasthāsu pariṇatā bhaviṣyanti. evam uktvā sa sakrōdhō jagāma vimanā bhavaḥ; girēḥ muñjavataḥ pādaṃ tapastaptuṃ mahātapāḥ.
“O Dakilang Ninuno (Grandsire)! Sa pamamagitan ng pag-aayuno at pagninilay sa tubig, nakamtan ko ang pagkain para sa kapakanan ng mga nilalang. Ang mga halamang iyon, na nagiging anyo ng sustansiya, ay patuloy na magbabagong-anyo sa sari-saring kalagayan, gaya ng mga nilalang mismo.” Pagkasabi nito, si Bhava (Śiva)—nag-aalab sa galit at mabigat ang loob—ay lumisan. Ang dakilang asceta ay nagtungo sa paanan ng Bundok Muñjavat upang ipagpatuloy ang kanyang mga pag-austeridad.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage links ascetic discipline (tapas) with the welfare of beings: through austerity, sustenance (anna) arises as herbs that continually transform to meet the changing conditions of life. It also cautions that even great beings may act under anger, yet redirect that energy into further spiritual practice.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhava (Śiva) declares he has obtained food for creatures through water-austerity, describing herbs as nourishment that keeps transforming. After speaking, Śiva—angry and inwardly unsettled—leaves and goes to the foothills of Mount Muñjavat to perform further tapas.