तदुपद्रवमाज्ञाय लोकस्य वसु लुम्पताम् । भर्तर्युपरते तस्मिन्नन्योन्यं च जिघांसताम् ॥ ३९ ॥ चोरप्रायं जनपदं हीनसत्त्वमराजकम् । लोकान्नावारयञ्छक्ता अपि तद्दोषदर्शिन: ॥ ४० ॥
tad upadravam ajnaya lokasya vasu lumpatam bhartary uparate tasminn anyonyam ca jigham-satam cora-prayam jana-padam hina-sattvam arajakam lokan navarayan chakta api tad-dosa-darsinah
- tat
- at that time
- upadravam
- the disturbance
- ajnaya
- understanding
- lokasya
- of the people in general
- vasu
- riches
- lumpatam
- by those who were plundering
- bhartari
- the protector
- uparate
- being dead
- tasmin
- King Vena
- anyonyam
- one another
- ca
- also
- jigham satam
- desiring to kill
- cora-prayam
- full of thieves
- jana-padam
- the state
- hina
- bereft of
- sattvam
- regulation
- arajakam
- without a king
- lokan
- the thieves and rogues
- na
- not
- avarayan
- they subdued
- saktah
- able to do so
- api
- although
- tat-dosa
- the fault of that
- darsinah
- considering
Upon seeing the dust storm, the saintly persons could understand that there were a great deal of irregularities due to the death of King Vena. Without government, the state was devoid of law and order, and consequently there was a great uprising of murderous thieves and rogues, who were plundering the riches of the people in general. Although the great sages could subdue the disturbance by their powers — just as they could kill the King — they considered it improper on their part to do so. Thus they did not attempt to stop the disturbance.