Shloka 11
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
तस्या वत्समुखोत्सृष्ट: फेनो मद्गात्रमागतः । ततो दग्धा मया गावो नानावर्णत्वमागता:
tasyā vatsamukhotsṛṣṭaḥ pheno madgātram āgataḥ | tato dagdhā mayā gāvo nānāvārṇatvam āgatāḥ ||
Mahādeva sprach: „Von jener Kuh fiel Schaum, der aus dem Maul ihres Kalbes gekommen war, auf meinen Leib. Darüber erzürnt, begann ich, die Kühe mit Hitze zu plagen; von meinem Zorn versengt, nahmen die Kühe vielerlei Farben an.“
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a moment of anger, especially when directed toward innocent beings, produces disproportionate harm and lasting consequences; the passage implicitly cautions restraint and ethical accountability, highlighting the sanctity of cows and the moral weight of one’s reactions.
Mahādeva narrates that foam from a calf’s mouth accidentally fell on his body; taking offense, he became angry and inflicted burning heat upon the cows, and as a result of being scorched by his wrath, the cows’ colors became varied.