Shloka 43
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
ब्रद्माजी बोले--देवताओ! तुमने मुझे अच्छी बात सुझायी है! तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। तुम्हारे हृदयमें जो चिन्ता उत्पन्न हुई है, वही मेरे हृदयमें भी पैदा हुई है ।।
Brahmā uvāca—devatāḥ, yūyaṁ me śobhanāṁ matiṁ darśitavantaḥ; bhavataṁ kalyāṇaṁ bhavatu. yā yuṣmākaṁ hṛdaye cintā samutpannā sā mama hṛdaye ’pi samutpannā. lokatrayasya kṛtsnasya kathaṁ kāryaḥ parigrahaḥ? kathaṁ balakṣayo na syāt yuṣmākaṁ cātmanas ca me?
梵天说道：“诸天啊，你们向我进献了善妙的忠告——愿吉祥安宁与你们同在。你们心中生起的忧虑，也同样在我心中生起。三界一切事务的全责，当如何承担并圆满成办？又当如何行之，使你们的神力与我的威德都不致损耗？”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even divine governance must be guided by prudent counsel and shared concern: one should undertake necessary duties for the welfare of all realms while avoiding wasteful depletion of strength—seeking sustainable means to uphold order (dharma).
Brahmā responds to the gods, affirming their advice and admitting he shares their anxiety. He frames the practical problem of administering the entire threefold cosmos and asks how to accomplish this without exhausting either the gods’ power or his own.