SECTION CLXXXII
(Chaitraratha Parva continued)
"The Gandharva said, 'Vasishtha after this,
continued the narration saying, 'Hearing these words of the Pitris, Aurva, O
child, replied unto them to this effect:
'Ye Pitris, the vow I have made from anger for
the destruction of all the worlds, must not go in vain. I cannot consent to be
one whose anger and vows are futile. Like fire consuming dry woods, this rage
of mine will certainly consume me if I do not accomplish my vow. The man that
represseth his wrath that hath been excited by (adequate) cause, becometh
incapable of duly compassing the three ends of life (viz., religion, profit and
pleasure). The wrath that kings desirous of subjugating the whole earth
exhibit, is not without its uses. It serveth to restrain the wicked and to
protect the honest. While lying unborn within my mother's thigh, I heard the
doleful cries of my mother and other women of the Bhrigu race who were then
being exterminated by the Kshatriyas. Ye Pitris, when those wretches of
Kshatriyas began to exterminate the Bhrigus together with unborn children of
their race, it was then that wrath filled my soul. My mother and the other
women of our race, each in an advanced state of pregnancy, and my father, while
terribly alarmed, found not in all the worlds a single protector. Then when the
Bhrigu women found not a single protector, my mother held me in one of her
thighs. If there be a punisher of crimes in the worlds no one in all the worlds
would dare commit a crime; if he findeth not a punisher, the number of sinners
becometh large. The man who having the power to prevent or punish sin doth not
do so knowing that a sin hath been committed, is himself defiled by that sin.
When kings and others, capable of protecting my fathers, protect them not,
postponing that duty preferring the pleasures of life, I have just cause to be
enraged with them. I am the lord of the creation, capable of punishing its
iniquity. I am incapable of obeying your command. Capable of punishing this
crime, if I abstain from so doing, men will once more have to undergo a similar
persecution. The fire of my wrath too that is ready to consume the worlds, if
repressed, will certainly consume by its own energy my own self. Ye masters, I
know that ye ever seek the good of the worlds: direct me, therefore, as to what
may benefit both myself and the worlds.'
"Vasishtha continued, 'The Pitris replied
saying, O, throw this fire that is born of thy wrath and that desireth to
consume the worlds, into the waters. That will do thee good. The worlds,
indeed, are all dependent on water (as their elementary cause). Every juicy
substance containeth water, indeed the whole universe is made of water.
Therefore, O thou best of Brahmanas, cast thou this fire of thy wrath into the
waters. If, therefore, thou desirest it, O Brahmana, let this fire born of thy
wrath abide in the great ocean, consuming the waters thereof, for it hath been
said that the worlds are made of water. In this way, O thou sinless one, thy word
will be rendered true, and the worlds with the gods will not be destroyed.'
"Vasishtha continued, 'Then, O child, Aurva
cast the fire of his wrath into the abode of Varuna. And that fire which
consumeth the waters of the great ocean, became like unto a large horse's head
which persons conversant with the Vedas call by the name of Vadavamukha. And
emitting itself from that mouth it consumeth the waters of the mighty ocean.
Blest be thou! It behoveth not thee, therefore, to destroy the worlds. O thou Parasara,
who art acquainted with the higher regions, thou foremost of wise men!'"
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