Shloka 9
Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve
Gandharva Encounter
तदनन्तर प्रजापति ब्रह्माजीने महासेनसे कहा--'वत्स! अब तुम अपने पिता त्रिपुरविनाशक महादेवजीसे मिलो ।। रुद्रेणाग्निं समाविश्य स्वाहामाविश्य चोमया । हितार्थ सर्वलोकानां जातस्त्वमपराजित:,“भगवान् रुद्रने अग्निमें और भगवती उमाने स्वाहामें प्रवेश करके समस्त लोकोंके हितके लिये तुम-जैसे अपराजित वीरको उत्पन्न किया है
tadanantaraṁ prajāpatiḥ brahmā mahāsenāya uvāca— “vatsa! adhunā tvaṁ svapitaraṁ tripuravināśakaṁ mahādevaṁ milasva. rudreṇāgniṁ samāviśya svāhām āviśya comayā hitārthaṁ sarvalokānāṁ jātastvam aparājitaḥ.”
随后，生主梵天对摩诃塞那说道：“孩子啊，如今你去拜见你的父亲——毁灭三城的摩诃提婆。因鲁陀罗入于火神阿耆尼，乌玛女神入于祭火供辞‘娑婆诃’，你便为诸世界之利益而诞生，成为不可战胜的英雄。”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and victory are portrayed as legitimate when aligned with loka-hita (the welfare of all worlds). The hero’s invincibility is not for egoistic conquest but for sustaining dharma through a divinely sanctioned purpose.
Mārkaṇḍeya reports Brahmā’s instruction to Mahāsena: he should meet his father Śiva (Tripura’s destroyer). Brahmā explains Mahāsena’s extraordinary origin—Rudra’s presence in Agni and Umā’s presence in Svāhā—emphasizing that the birth was arranged for universal benefit.