पितामह उवाच
ऋते ऽमरत्वम् अन्यद् वां सर्वम् उक्तं भविष्यति ॥
अन्यद् वृणीतां मृत्योश् च विधानम् अमरैः समम् ॥
करिष्यावेदम् इति यन् महद् अभ्युत्थितं तपः ॥
युवयोर् हेतुनानेन नामरत्वं विधीयते ॥
त्रैलोक्यविजयार्थाय भवद्भ्याम् आस्थितं तपः ॥
हेतुनानेन दैत्येन्द्रौ न वां कामं करोम्य् अहम् ॥
pitāmaha uvāca
ṛte 'maratvam anyad vāṃ sarvam uktaṃ bhaviṣyati ||
anyad vṛṇītāṃ mṛtyoś ca vidhānam amaraiḥ samam ||
kariṣyāvedam iti yan mahad abhyutthitaṃ tapaḥ ||
yuvayor hetunānena nāmaratvaṃ vidhīyate ||
trailokyavijayārthāya bhavadbhyām āsthitaṃ tapaḥ ||
hetunānena daityendrau na vāṃ kāmaṃ karomy aham ||
The Grandsire said: "Except for immortality, everything else you have said shall come to pass; choose something else, and a form of death equal to that of the immortals. The great austerity you undertook with the words 'let us accomplish this' -- for this very reason immortality is not granted to you; the austerity was undertaken by you for the conquest of the three worlds, and for this reason, O lords of the daityas, I do not grant that wish of yours."
50adafff99e2 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 18:01:16 UTC
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Here wisdom from above refuses greed unbounded power. It is telling that Brahma withholds immortality precisely because their aim is the conquest of the worlds: Providence does not arm evil with invulnerability. Here is the lesson: the Lord sets a limit on the might of the unrighteous, guarding order. Thus the scripture shows the wise restraint of the boon; and the very refusal is a mercy to the worlds.