Aurva Casts His Anger into the Sea

Verse 1 (1.196.1)

उक्तवानस्मि यां क्रोधात्प्रतिज्ञां पितरस्तदा । सर्वलोकविनाशाय न सा मे वितथा भवेत् ॥

uktavānasmi yāṃ krodhātpratijñāṃ pitarastadā | sarvalokavināśāya na sā me vitathā bhavet

"The vow I made then in anger, Fathers, to destroy all the worlds — it must not prove false.

Verse 2 (1.196.2)

वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञो वै नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे । अनिस्तीर्णो हि मां रोषो दहेदग्निरिवारणिम् ॥

vṛthāroṣapratijño vai nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe | anistīrṇo hi māṃ roṣo dahedagnirivāraṇim

I cannot bear to live with my vow of wrath made vain. Unspent, my rage would burn me as fire burns the kindling stick.

Verse 3 (1.196.3)

यो हि कारणतः क्रोधं संजातं क्षन्तुमर्हति । नालं स मनुजः सम्यक् त्रिवर्गं परिरक्षितुम् ॥

yo hi kāraṇataḥ krodhaṃ saṃjātaṃ kṣantumarhati | nālaṃ sa manujaḥ samyak trivargaṃ parirakṣitum

For the man who forgives anger that has arisen for good cause is not fit to guard the three aims of life as he should.

Verse 4 (1.196.4)

अशिष्टानां नियन्ता हि शिष्टानां परिरक्षिता । स्थाने रोषः प्रयुक्तः स्यान्नृपैः सर्वजिगीषुभिः ॥

aśiṣṭānāṃ niyantā hi śiṣṭānāṃ parirakṣitā | sthāne roṣaḥ prayuktaḥ syānnṛpaiḥ sarvajigīṣubhiḥ

Anger, rightly applied by kings who seek to conquer all, restrains the wicked and protects the good.

Verse 5 (1.196.5)

अश्रौषमहमूरुस्थो गर्भशय्यागतस्तदा । आरावं मातृवर्गस्य भृगूणां क्षत्रियैर्वधे ॥

aśrauṣamahamūrustho garbhaśayyāgatastadā | ārāvaṃ mātṛvargasya bhṛgūṇāṃ kṣatriyairvadhe

Lying then in my bed in the womb, within the thigh, I heard the wailing of my mothers when the Bhrigus were slaughtered by the Kshatriyas.

Verse 6 (1.196.6)

सामरैर्हि यदा लोके भृगूणां क्षत्रियाधमैः । आगर्भोत्सादनं क्षान्तं तदा मां मन्युराविशत् ॥

sāmarairhi yadā loke bhṛgūṇāṃ kṣatriyādhamaiḥ | āgarbhotsādanaṃ kṣāntaṃ tadā māṃ manyurāviśat

When the world, gods and all, tolerated the vile Kshatriyas' wiping out of the Bhrigus down to the unborn, then wrath entered me.

Verse 7 (1.196.7)

प्रकीर्णकेशाः किल मे मातरः पितरस्तथा । भयात्सर्वेषु लोकेषु नाधिजग्मुः परायणम् ॥

prakīrṇakeśāḥ kila me mātaraḥ pitarastathā | bhayātsarveṣu lokeṣu nādhijagmuḥ parāyaṇam

My mothers, they say, with their hair dishevelled, and my fathers too, found no refuge anywhere in all the worlds, so great was their fear.

Verse 8 (1.196.8)

तान्भृगूणां यदा दारान्कश्चिन्नाभ्युपपद्यत । माता तदा दधारेयमूरुणैकेन मां शुभा ॥

tānbhṛgūṇāṃ yadā dārānkaścinnābhyupapadyata | mātā tadā dadhāreyamūruṇaikena māṃ śubhā

When no one would take in those wives of the Bhrigus, then this good mother of mine carried me in one thigh.

Verse 9 (1.196.9)

प्रतिषेद्धा हि पापस्य यदा लोकेषु विद्यते । तदा सर्वेषु लोकेषु पापकृन्नोपपद्यते ॥

pratiṣeddhā hi pāpasya yadā lokeṣu vidyate | tadā sarveṣu lokeṣu pāpakṛnnopapadyate

When there is someone in the worlds to forbid evil, then in none of the worlds does an evildoer arise.

Verse 10 (1.196.10)

यदा तु प्रतिषेद्धारं पापो न लभते क्वचित् । तिष्ठन्ति बहवो लोकास्तदा पापेषु कर्मसु ॥

yadā tu pratiṣeddhāraṃ pāpo na labhate kvacit | tiṣṭhanti bahavo lokāstadā pāpeṣu karmasu

But when evil finds no one anywhere to forbid it, then many people hold fast to evil deeds.

Verse 11 (1.196.11)

जानन्नपि च यः पापं शक्तिमान्न नियच्छति । ईशः सन्सोऽपि तेनैव कर्मणा संप्रयुज्यते ॥

jānannapi ca yaḥ pāpaṃ śaktimānna niyacchati | īśaḥ sanso'pi tenaiva karmaṇā saṃprayujyate

And he who knows of evil and, though able, does not restrain it, master though he is, is bound up with that very deed.

Verse 12 (1.196.12)

राजभिश्चेश्वरैश्चैव यदि वै पितरो मम । शक्तैर्न शकितास्त्रातुमिष्टं मत्वेह जीवितम् ॥

rājabhiśceśvaraiścaiva yadi vai pitaro mama | śaktairna śakitāstrātumiṣṭaṃ matveha jīvitam

If the kings and the lords, able as they were, did not save my fathers, because they held their own lives here dear,

Verse 13 (1.196.13)

अत एषामहं क्रुद्धो लोकानामीश्वरो ह्यहम् । भवतां च वचो नालमहं समभिवर्तितुम् ॥

ata eṣāmahaṃ kruddho lokānāmīśvaro hyaham | bhavatāṃ ca vaco nālamahaṃ samabhivartitum

then I am angry with these worlds, for I am their master. Yet I am not able to go against your word.

Verse 14 (1.196.14)

ममापि चेद्भवेदेवमीश्वरस्य सतो महत् । उपेक्षमाणस्य पुनर्लोकानां किल्बिषाद्भयम् ॥

mamāpi cedbhavedevamīśvarasya sato mahat | upekṣamāṇasya punarlokānāṃ kilbiṣādbhayam

And if I, being master, were in turn to look on and do nothing, I too would have great cause to fear from the sin of the worlds.

Verse 15 (1.196.15)

यश्चायं मन्युजो मेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति । दहेदेष च मामेव निगृहीतः स्वतेजसा ॥

yaścāyaṃ manyujo me'gnirlokānādātumicchati | dahedeṣa ca māmeva nigṛhītaḥ svatejasā

And this fire born of my wrath, which seeks to consume the worlds, if held back, will burn me myself with its own heat.

Verse 16 (1.196.16)

भवतां च विजानामि सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम् । तस्माद्विधद्ध्वं यच्छ्रेयो लोकानां मम चेश्वराः ॥

bhavatāṃ ca vijānāmi sarvalokahitepsutām | tasmādvidhaddhvaṃ yacchreyo lokānāṃ mama ceśvarāḥ

I know that you wish the good of all the worlds. So, my lords, ordain what is best for the worlds and for me."

Verse 17 (1.196.17)

य एष मन्युजस्तेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति । अप्सु तं मुञ्च भद्रं ते लोका ह्यप्सु प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

ya eṣa manyujaste'gnirlokānādātumicchati | apsu taṃ muñca bhadraṃ te lokā hyapsu pratiṣṭhitāḥ

"This fire born of your wrath, which seeks to consume the worlds, release it into the waters, and good fortune be with you; for the worlds rest upon the waters.

Verse 18 (1.196.18)

आपोमयाः सर्वरसाः सर्वमापोमयं जगत् । तस्मादप्सु विमुञ्चेमं क्रोधाग्निं द्विजसत्तम ॥

āpomayāḥ sarvarasāḥ sarvamāpomayaṃ jagat | tasmādapsu vimuñcemaṃ krodhāgniṃ dvijasattama

All the juices of life are made of water; the whole universe is made of water. So release this fire of anger into the waters, best of the twice-born.

Verse 19 (1.196.19)

अयं तिष्ठतु ते विप्र यदीच्छसि महोदधौ । मन्युजोऽग्निर्दहन्नापो लोका ह्यापोमयाः स्मृताः ॥

ayaṃ tiṣṭhatu te vipra yadīcchasi mahodadhau | manyujo'gnirdahannāpo lokā hyāpomayāḥ smṛtāḥ

Let this fire born of your wrath stay in the great ocean, brahmin, if you so wish, burning the waters; for the worlds are said to be made of water.

Verse 20 (1.196.20)

एवं प्रतिज्ञा सत्येयं तवानघ भविष्यति । न चैवं सामरा लोका गमिष्यन्ति पराभवम् ॥

evaṃ pratijñā satyeyaṃ tavānagha bhaviṣyati | na caivaṃ sāmarā lokā gamiṣyanti parābhavam

In this way your vow will come true, sinless one, and the worlds with their immortals will not come to ruin."

Verse 21 (1.196.21)

ततस्तं क्रोधजं तात और्वोऽग्निं वरुणालये । उत्ससर्ज स चैवाप उपयुङ्क्ते महोदधौ ॥

tatastaṃ krodhajaṃ tāta aurvo'gniṃ varuṇālaye | utsasarja sa caivāpa upayuṅkte mahodadhau

Then, child, Aurva cast that fire born of his wrath into the abode of Varuna, and it consumes the waters in the great ocean.

Verse 22 (1.196.22)

महद्धयशिरो भूत्वा यत्तद्वेदविदो विदुः । तमग्निमुद्गिरद्वक्त्रात्पिबत्यापो महोदधौ ॥

mahaddhayaśiro bhūtvā yattadvedavido viduḥ | tamagnimudgiradvaktrātpibatyāpo mahodadhau

Becoming a great horse's head, the one that those who know the Veda know of, it spews that fire from its mouth and drinks the waters in the great ocean.

Note on the text: Corrected तमग्निमुद्हिरद्वक्त्रात् → तमग्निमुद्गिरद्वक्त्रात् (misprint in Wikisource; ह for ग in उद्गिरत्, "spewing", CE udgiran).

Verse 23 (1.196.23)

तस्मात्त्वमपि भद्रं ते न लोकान्हन्तुमर्हसि । पराशर पराँल्लोकाञ्जानञ्ज्ञानवतां वर ॥

tasmāttvamapi bhadraṃ te na lokānhantumarhasi | parāśara parām̐llokāñjānañjñānavatāṃ vara

So you too, good fortune be with you, should not destroy the worlds, Parashara, best of the wise, for you know the higher worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected पराशरं → पराशर (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara on the vocative, since Parashara is the one addressed, CE parāśara).