Mahabharata · 1.166.37–38
॥
Devanāgarī
शक्तिनं तु हतं दृष्ट्वा विश्वामित्रस् ततः पुनः ॥
वसिष्ठस्यैव पुत्रेषु तद् रक्षः संदिदेश ह ॥
स ताञ् शतावरान् पुत्रान् वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ॥
भक्षयाम् आस संक्रुद्धः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगान् इव ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śaktinaṃ tu hataṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitras tataḥ punaḥ ||
vasiṣṭhasyaiva putreṣu tad rakṣaḥ saṃdideśa ha ||
sa tāñ śatāvarān putrān vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ ||
bhakṣayām āsa saṃkruddhaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgān iva ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
शक्तिनं तु हतं दृष्ट्वा विश्वामित्रः ततः पुनःśaktinaṃ tu hataṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitraḥ tataḥ punaḥseeing Shakti slain, Vishvamitra again
वसिष्ठस्य एव पुत्रेषु तत् रक्षः संदिदेश हvasiṣṭhasya eva putreṣu tat rakṣaḥ saṃdideśa hadirected that demon against the other sons of Vasishtha;
सः तान् शतावरान् पुत्रान् वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनःsaḥ tān śatāvarān putrān vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥthose sons of the great-souled Vasishtha, more than a hundred in number,
भक्षयाम् आस संक्रुद्धः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगान् इवbhakṣayām āsa saṃkruddhaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgān ivahe devoured, enraged, as a lion devours small beasts;
विश्वामित्रस्viśvāmitrasoriginal form "viśvāmitras", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसिष्ठस्यैवvasiṣṭhasyaivaoriginal form "vasiṣṭhasyaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ताञ्tāñoriginal form "tāñ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Seeing Shakti slain, Vishvamitra again directed that demon against the other sons of Vasishtha; and those sons of the great-souled Vasishtha, more than a hundred in number, he devoured, enraged, as a lion devours small beasts."
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Here malice, having tasted blood, is not satisfied. It is telling that Vishvamitra, seeing one man perish, at once condemns all the sons of Vasishtha to death: hatred is insatiable, and even many victims are not enough for it. Here is shown where unquenched enmity leads — to the destruction of an entire innocent lineage. So the scripture reveals the terrible fruit of malice; and the hundred sons of the sage perish as victims of another's unappeased hatred.