Shloka 23
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama
Draupadī Episode
तस्मात् त्वमपि भद्ठं ते न लोकान् हन्तुमरहसि । पराशर परॉल्लोकान् जानउज्ञानवतां वर
tasmāt tvam api bhadraṁ te na lokān hantum arhasi | parāśara paral lokān jānāsi jñānavatāṁ vara || sa tatrādyāpi rakṣāṁsi vṛkṣān aśmāna eva ca | bhakṣayan dṛśyate vahniḥ sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi ||
因此，你也——愿你安泰——不应企图毁灭诸世界。婆罗舍罗啊，智者之最，你洞悉彼世之理；故不宜使一切众生陷于覆灭。因为直到今日，在那同一处所，那火仍在每一季节轮回之际反复显现，吞噬罗刹、树木，乃至岩石——长存的警示，昭示无拘之怒的后果。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a powerful sage must restrain anger and destructive intent; true wisdom includes awareness of karmic and otherworldly consequences, so one should not seek total annihilation but act within dharma.
Vasiṣṭha addresses Parāśara, urging him not to destroy the worlds. He points to an ongoing sign—fire still seen consuming beings and even stones at recurring times—underscoring the lasting aftermath of past destructive acts and warning against repeating them.