Shloka 143
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
शिल्पिक: शिसल्पिनां श्रेष्ठ: सर्वशिल्पप्रवर्तक: । भगनेत्राड्कुशश्वण्ड: पूष्णो दन्तविनाशन:
śilpikaḥ śilpināṁ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśilpapravartakaḥ | bhaganetrāṅkuśaśvaṇḍaḥ pūṣṇo dantavināśanaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：祂是工匠之中最卓越者，是一切技艺的发端与弘扬者。祂曾击毁婆伽（Bhaga）之眼，粉碎普善（Pūṣan）之齿；祂执持钩杖与权杖——以其严烈而矫正的威力之印记为人所忆念。此颂呈现一种道德的远景：当秩序被违犯时，连诸天亦受约束；而那同一股能摧毁的力量，也建立起纪律，使世间的技艺与职责得以兴盛。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a model of authority that both disciplines and enables: the same divine force that punishes transgression (even among gods) is also the source that establishes and sustains the ordered practices—arts, crafts, and duties—by which society functions in harmony with dharma.
Bhīṣma is listing epithets and identifying marks of a powerful deity (commonly understood as Rudra/Śiva): he is praised as the supreme patron of crafts, and recalled through mythic acts—blinding Bhaga and breaking Pūṣan’s teeth—motifs associated with the chastisement of the gods in the context of sacrificial conflict (often linked to the Dakṣa-yajña tradition).