Shloka 20
दितितपः-शक्रपरिचर्या-गर्भभेदः
Diti’s Penance, Indra’s Service, and the Severing of the Embryo
मा रुदो मा रुदश्चेति गर्भं शक्रोऽभ्यभाषत।बिभेद च महातेजा रुदन्तमपि वासव:।।1.46.20।।
mā rudo mā rudaś ceti garbhaṃ śakro 'bhyabhāṣata | bibheda ca mahātejā rudantam api vāsavaḥ || 1.46.20 ||
因陀罗对胎中之子说道：“莫哭，莫哭。”然而大威德的婆娑婆仍在其啼哭之际将其劈裂。
"O adorable one, your highly powerful sons, (devatas) have killed mine through extensive austerities. I am desirous of obtaining a (mighty) son capable of killing Indra.
FAQs
Dharma requires coherence between word and deed (satya in action). Consoling speech while continuing harm exposes the ethical failure of performative compassion.
Indra speaks soothingly to the crying embryo but continues cutting it with his power.
The verse emphasizes (by contrast) the virtue of integrity—true compassion must restrain violence, not accompany it.