Mahābhārata · 1.171.1–2
॥
Devanāgarī
और्व उवाच
उक्तवान् अस्मि यां क्रोधात् प्रतिज्ञां पितरस् तदा ॥
सर्वलोकविनाशाय न सा मे वितथा भवेत् ॥
वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञो हि नाहं जीवितुम् उत्सहे ॥
अनिस्तीर्णो हि मां रोषो दहेद् अग्निर् इवारणिम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
aurva uvāca
uktavān asmi yāṃ krodhāt pratijñāṃ pitaras tadā ||
sarvalokavināśāya na sā me vitathā bhavet ||
vṛthāroṣapratijño hi nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe ||
anistīrṇo hi māṃ roṣo dahed agnir ivāraṇim ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
उक्तवान् अस्मि यां क्रोधात् प्रतिज्ञां पितरः तदाuktavān asmi yāṃ krodhāt pratijñāṃ pitaraḥ tadā"the vow that I uttered in anger, O ancestors, then --
सर्वलोकविनाशाय न सा मे वितथा भवेत्sarvalokavināśāya na sā me vitathā bhavetof the destruction of all worlds -- let it not become false for me;
वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञः हि न अहम् जीवितुम् उत्सहेvṛthāroṣapratijñaḥ hi na aham jīvitum utsahefor with a vow of anger unfulfilled I am unable to live;
अनिस्तीर्णः हि मां रोषः दहेत् अग्निः इव अरणिम्anistīrṇaḥ hi māṃ roṣaḥ dahet agniḥ iva araṇimunfulfilled, the anger would burn me, as fire -- the [wood of the] arani;
और्वaurvaoriginal form "aurva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितरस्pitarasoriginal form "pitaras", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञोvṛthāroṣapratijñooriginal form "vṛthāroṣapratijño", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाहंnāhaṃoriginal form "nāhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनिस्तीर्णोanistīrṇooriginal form "anistīrṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रोषोroṣooriginal form "roṣo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दहेद्dahedoriginal form "dahed", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अग्निर्agniroriginal form "agnir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवारणिम्ivāraṇimoriginal form "ivāraṇim", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Aurva said: "The vow that I uttered in anger, O ancestors -- of the destruction of all worlds -- let it not become false; for with a false vow of anger I am unable to live. Unfulfilled, the anger would burn me, as fire burns the wood of the arani."
Versión
74d66d369872 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:37:22 UTC
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Here the power of a given word -- a vow -- shows itself. Aurva's dilemma is telling: a vow once uttered must be fulfilled, or else, like an unkindled fire in the arani wood, it turns back upon the one who gave it. Here lies the weight of truthful speech: what is said even in anger binds, and an unfulfilled vow destroys. The scripture thus shows why a saint's anger cannot simply be dismissed -- a word, once given, demands an outcome; and it falls to the ancestors to show how the vow may be fulfilled without destroying the worlds.