यदा तु मृत्युरादातुं न नः शक्नोति सर्वशः। तदाऽस्माभिरयं दृष्ट उपायस्तात संमतः
"When death could not take us all completely, then, O dear one, this means was considered by us as acceptable."
आत्महा च पुमांस्तात न लोकाँल्लभते शुभान्। ततोऽस्माभिः समीक्ष्यैवं नात्मनात्मा निपातितः
"A man who kills himself, O dear one, does not attain auspicious worlds; therefore, considering thus, we did not destroy ourselves by our own hand."
न चैतन्नः प्रियं तात यदिदं कर्तुमिच्छसि। नियच्छेदं मनः पापात्सर्वलोकपराभवात्
"Nor, O dear one, is this act you wish to do pleasing to us; restrain your mind from sin, from the destruction of all the worlds."
मा वधीः क्षत्रियांस्तात न लोकान्सप्त पुत्रक। दूषयन्तं तपस्तेजः क्रोधमुत्पतितं जहि
"Do not kill the Kṣatriyas, O dear one, nor the seven worlds, O son; do not let your ascetic energy be tainted, subdue the anger that has arisen."
उक्तवानस्मि यां क्रोधात्प्रतिज्ञां पितरस्तदा। सर्वलोकविनाशाय न सा मे वितथा भवेत्
"The vow I made in anger at that time, ancestors, for the destruction of all the worlds—let it not be in vain for me."
वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञो वै नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे। अनिस्तीर्णो हि मां रोषो दहेदग्निरिवारणिम्
"I cannot bear to live having made a vow in vain out of wrath; for unspent anger burns me like fire burns dry wood."
यो हि कारणतः क्रोधं संजातं क्षन्तुमर्हति। नालं स मनुजः सम्यक् त्रिवर्गं परिरक्षितुम्
"A man who, for a reason, allows anger to arise and then forgives, is not truly able to protect the three aims of life properly."
अशिष्टानां नियन्ता हि शिष्टानां परिरक्षिता। स्थाने रोषः प्रयुक्तः स्यान्नृपैः सर्वजिगीषुभिः
"He is the restrainer of the unruly and the protector of the virtuous; in such a case, anger is rightly employed by kings who seek victory over all."
अश्रौषमहमूरुस्थो गर्भशय्यागतस्तदा। आरावं मातृवर्गस्य भृगूणां क्षत्रियैर्वधे
While still in the womb, lying on my mother's thigh, I heard the cries of the Bhṛgu women when the Kṣatriyas slaughtered them.
सामरैर्हि यदा लोके भृगूणां क्षत्रियाधमैः। आगर्भोत्सादनं क्षान्तं तदा मां मन्युराविशत्
When the lowest of Kṣatriyas, together with their allies, destroyed the Bhṛgus even in the womb, then wrath entered me.
प्रकीर्णकेशाः किल मे मातरः पितरस्तथा। भयात्सर्वेषु लोकेषु नाधिजग्मुः परायणम्
My mothers, their hair disheveled, and my fathers too, did not find refuge anywhere in the worlds, seized by fear.
तान्भृगूणां यदा दारान्कश्चिन्नाभ्युपपद्यत। माता तदा दधारेयमूरुणैकेन मां शुभा
When no one would accept the wives of the Bhṛgus, then my blessed mother bore me in her thigh.
प्रतिषेद्धा हि पापस्य यदा लोकेषु विद्यते। तदा सर्वेषु लोकेषु पापकृन्नोपपद्यते
When there is someone in the world to restrain evil, then the evildoer does not arise in all the worlds.
यदा तु प्रतिषेद्धारं पापो न लभते क्वचित्। तिष्ठन्ति बहवो लोकास्तदा पापेषु कर्मसु
But when evil finds no one to restrain it anywhere, then many people persist in wicked deeds.
जानन्नपि च यः पापं शक्तिमान्न नियच्छति। ईशः सन्सोऽपि तेनैव कर्मणा संप्रयुज्यते
Even one who knows an evil act and has the power to stop it, but does not, is implicated in that very deed, though he be a ruler.
राजभिश्चेश्वरैश्चैव यदि वै पितरो मम। शक्तैर्न शकितास्त्रातुमिष्टं मत्वेह जीवितम्
If my fathers, though kings and lords, had the power but could not protect, then life here is not to be cherished.
अत एषामहं क्रुद्धो लोकानामीश्वरो ह्यहम्। भवतां च वचो नालमहं समभिवर्तितुम्
Therefore, angered, I am the lord of the worlds; and your words, I am not bound to obey.
ममापि चेद्भवेदेवमीश्वरस्य सतो महत्। उपेक्षमाणस्य पुनर्लोकानां किल्बिषाद्भयम्
If even I, being a great lord, were to neglect the worlds, then surely fear from sin would arise among the people.
यश्चायं मन्युजो मेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति। दहेदेष च मामेव निगृहीतः स्वतेजसा
This fire of wrath within me seeks to consume the worlds; but if restrained by my own power, it would burn me alone.
भवतां च विजानामि सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम्। तस्माद्विधद्ध्वं यच्छ्रेयो लोकानां मम चेश्वराः
I know you all desire the welfare of every world; therefore, O lords, do what is best for the worlds and for me.
य एष मन्युजस्तेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति। अप्सु तं मुञ्च भद्रं ते लोका ह्यप्सु प्रतिष्ठिताः
This fire of wrath within you that seeks to consume the worlds—release it into the waters; blessings to you, for the worlds are established in water.
आपोमयाः सर्वरसाः सर्वमापोमयं जगत्। तस्मादप्सु विमुञ्चेमं क्रोधाग्निं द्विजसत्तम
All flavors are made of water, and the whole world is composed of water; therefore, best of twice-born, release this fire of wrath into the waters.
अयं तिष्ठतु ते विप्र यदीच्छसि महोदधौ। मन्युजोऽग्निर्दहन्नापो लोका ह्यापोमयाः स्मृताः
Let this fire of wrath, if you wish, remain in the great ocean, O brāhmaṇa; though burning, it will not harm the waters, for the worlds are said to be made of water.
एवं प्रतिज्ञा सत्येयं तवानघ भविष्यति। न चैवं सामरा लोका गमिष्यन्ति पराभवम्
Thus, this promise of yours, O sinless one, will be fulfilled; and the worlds, together with their allies, will not come to ruin.
ततस्तं क्रोधजं तात और्वोऽग्निं वरुणालये। उत्ससर्ज स चैवाप उपयुङ्क्ते महोदधौ
Then, O father, Aurva released that fire born of wrath into Varuṇa's abode, and it entered the great ocean.
महद्धयशिरो भूत्वा यत्तद्वेदविदो विदुः। तमग्निमुद्हिरद्वक्त्रात्पिबत्यापो महोदधौ
Taking the form of a great horse's head, as the knowers of the Veda declare, that fire, emerging from its mouth, drank up the waters of the great ocean.
तस्मात्त्वमपि भद्रं ते न लोकान्हन्तुमर्हसि। पराशरं पराँल्लोकाञ्जानञ्ज्ञानवतां वर
Therefore, for your own good, you too should not destroy the worlds; O foremost among the wise, Parashara, do not send souls to other realms.
एवमुक्तः स विप्रर्षिर्वसिष्ठेन महात्मना। न्ययच्छदात्मनः क्रोधं सर्वलोकपराभवात्
Thus addressed by the great-souled Vasishtha, that sage among Brahmins restrained his own anger, for the sake of the welfare of all beings.
ईजे च स महातेजाः सर्ववेदविदां वरः। ऋषी राक्षससत्रेण शाक्तेयोऽथ पराशरः
And that mighty and radiant Parashara, best among those who know all the Vedas, performed a sacrifice to destroy the Rakshasas.
ततो वृद्धांश्च बालांश्च राक्षसान्स महामुनिः। ददाह वितते यज्ञे शक्तेर्वधमनुस्मरन्
Then that great sage, recalling the killing of Shakti, burned both the old and the young Rakshasas in the extended sacrifice.