Shloka 21
Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord
Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda
कश्यप उवाच यथैकगेहे जातवेदा: प्रदीप्त: कृत्स्नं ग्रामं दहते चत्वरं वा । विमोहनं कुरुते देव एष ततः सर्व स्पृश्यते पुण्यपापै:
kaśyapa uvāca | yathaikagehe jātavedāḥ pradīptaḥ kṛtsnaṃ grāmaṃ dahate catvaraṃ vā | vimohanaṃ kurute deva eṣa tataḥ sarvaṃ spṛśyate puṇyapāpaiḥ ||
迦叶波说道：“譬如一处人家燃起熊熊烈火，便能焚尽全村，甚至连公共广场也不免；同样，这位神祇（鲁陀罗，Rudra）若在某一众生之内以殊胜威力显现，也会在他人心中投下迷妄。于是，整个世界都被功德与罪业所触及、所缠缚。”
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Delusion can spread from a single locus—like fire from one house—so that many become implicated in moral consequences; once minds are clouded, the world becomes enmeshed in puṇya and pāpa through actions born of that moha.
Kashyapa uses a vivid fire analogy to explain how a divine force identified with Rudra, arising powerfully in one being, can bewilder others too; this shared bewilderment leads to widespread moral entanglement and the accrual of merit and sin.