Shloka 34
Brahmaśirastra-pratisaṃhāra — Retraction and redirection of the supreme weapon
Sauptika Parva, Adhyāya 15
व्यास उवाच एवं कुरु न चान्या तु बुद्धि: कार्या त्वयानघ । गर्भेषु पाण्डवेयानां विसृज्यैतदुपारम
vyāsa uvāca evaṃ kuru na cānyā tu buddhiḥ kāryā tvayānagha | garbheṣu pāṇḍaveyānāṃ visṛjyaitad upārama ||
Vyāsa nói: “Hãy làm đúng như vậy, và đừng nuôi thêm mưu tính nào khác trong lòng, hỡi người vô tội. Sau khi thả thần khí này xuống những thai nhi trong dạ của dòng Pāṇḍava, hãy dừng lại và trở nên tĩnh lặng.”
व्यास उवाच
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A sage’s counsel emphasizes single-minded obedience to a chosen course and, more importantly, the ethical demand to cease further escalation once a decisive act has been set in motion—urging restraint and pacification rather than continued, uncontrolled violence.
Vyāsa addresses the warrior who has invoked a terrible weapon and instructs him not to waver with alternative schemes: he is to release the weapon toward the unborn heirs of the Pāṇḍava line and then stop—signaling a grim moment where the conflict extends even to the next generation, while the sage simultaneously presses for an end to further agitation.