Shloka 4
Kārtavīrya–Samudra Saṃvāda and the Jāmadagnya Precedent (आश्वमेधिक पर्व, अध्याय २९)
त॑ समुद्रो नमस्कृत्य कृताञज्जलिरुवाच ह । मा मुज्च वीर नाराचान् ब्रूहि कि करवाणि ते
taṁ samudro namaskṛtya kṛtāñjalir uvāca ha | mā muñca vīra nārācān brūhi kiṁ karavāṇi te ||
于是大海显现，俯首致敬，合掌而言：“勇士啊，莫再放出钢尖之箭。请说——我当为你做何事？你所射出的巨箭正在杀戮栖居于我身中的众生。愿你赐他们无畏与安护。”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power should be governed by restraint: even when one can inflict vast harm, dharma favors protecting innocent beings and seeking a solution through dialogue and rightful command rather than indiscriminate violence.
The Ocean appears personified, bows with folded hands, and pleads with the hero to stop shooting powerful arrows. It asks what service or command it can fulfill, implicitly to prevent the destruction of the creatures living within it.