Shloka 118
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
श्रीभगवानुवाच तयो: संलग्नयोर्युद्धे रुद्रनारायणात्मनो:
śrībhagavān uvāca | tayoḥ saṃlagnayor yuddhe rudra-nārāyaṇātmanoḥ, sarvalokeṣu sarvabhūtāni sahasodvignāny abhavan | agnir devo yajñeṣu vidhivat hutānāṃ viśuddha-haviṣāṃ grahaṇaṃ na śaśāka |
世尊说道：“阿周那，当鲁陀罗与那罗延——彼此体现对方的神圣威能——交战相持之时，遍及诸世界的一切众生顿时惊惶不安。就连祭祀中的火神阿耆尼，也再不能受纳依仪轨如法奉献的清净供品。”
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that when divine powers clash, the disturbance is not merely local but cosmic: fear spreads across beings and even sacrificial order falters. Ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata theme that violence—especially among the powerful—shakes dharma and disrupts the sustaining institutions of the world, such as yajña.
Bhagavān describes a moment when Rudra and Nārāyaṇa become fully engaged in battle. The shock of their confrontation agitates all creatures in all realms, and Agni himself becomes unable to receive the properly offered, pure sacrificial oblations—signaling a breakdown of normal cosmic-ritual functioning.