Shloka 17
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama
Draupadī Episode
पितर ऊचु. य एष मन्युजस्तेडग्निलोंकानादातुमिच्छति । अप्सु तं मुज्च भद्रं ते लोका हाप्सु प्रतिष्ठिता:
pitaras ūcuḥ | ya eṣa manyujas te ’gnilokān ādātum icchati | apsu taṃ muñca bhadraṃ te lokā hy apsu pratiṣṭhitāḥ | nimittabhūtas tatrāsīd viśvāmitraḥ parāśaraḥ | rājā kalmāṣapādaś ca divam āruhyamodate |
祖灵（Pitṛ）说道：“噢，奥尔瓦啊，你忿怒所生之火，欲吞噬诸世界——将它放入水中吧。愿你安泰；因为诸世界皆建立于水之上。此事之中，帕罗沙罗、毗湿瓦密多，以及迦尔摩沙跋陀王，都不过是因缘之具；命运才是你先祖之死的主要缘由。即便如今，你的父亲沙克提已登天界，在彼处欢悦。”
ऑर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked anger can become universally destructive; it must be restrained and redirected in harmony with cosmic stability. The Pitṛs also emphasize that apparent agents are often only instruments, while destiny/karma plays a decisive role—so grief and vengeance should not overturn dharma.
Aurva’s wrath has generated a fire that threatens to consume the worlds. The Pitṛs intervene, urging him to cast that fire into the waters because the worlds are supported by water. They further counsel him not to fixate on human blame—figures like Viśvāmitra, Parāśara, and King Kalmāṣapāda were only instrumental—and they console him by noting his father’s heavenly state.