Shloka 12
Śiśupāla-vadha in the Rājasūya-sabhā (शिशुपालवधः — राजसूयसभायाम्)
दन्तान् संदशतस्तस्य कोपादू ददृशुराननम् | युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि कालस्येव जिघत्सत:,वे दाँतोंसे दाँत पीसने लगे, रोषकी अधिकतासे उनका मुख ऐसा भयंकर दिखायी देने लगा; मानो प्रलयकालमें समस्त प्राणियोंको निगल जानेकी इच्छावाला विकराल काल ही प्रकट हो गया हो
dantān saṃdaśatas tasya kopād ū dadṛśur ānanam | yugānte sarvabhūtāni kālasyeva jighatsataḥ ||
তেওঁ দাঁত চেপি ঘঁহিবলৈ ধৰিলে; ক্ৰোধৰ তীব্ৰতাত তেওঁৰ মুখ ভয়ংকৰ হৈ উঠিল—যেন যুগান্তত সকলো প্ৰাণীক গিলিবলৈ উদ্গ্ৰীৱ বিকৰাল কালেই প্ৰকাশ পাইছে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that anger (kopa) deforms judgment and character, making a person appear—and act—like a destructive force. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such loss of self-control is a direct threat to dharma and social order.
The narrator describes a man in intense fury, gnashing his teeth; observers see his face become frightening, compared to Kāla at the end of the age, eager to consume all beings—an image that heightens the sense of impending calamity.