Shloka 15

अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः

Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry

Devanagari script

उपसंहरतस्तस्य तमग्निं रोषजं तदा । प्रादुर्बभूव विश्वेभ्य: खेभ्यो नारी महात्मन:,उस क्रोधाग्निका उपसंहार करते समय महात्मा ब्रह्माजीकी सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंसे एक मूर्तिमती नारी प्रकट हुई

Transliteration

upasaṃharatastasya tam agniṃ roṣajaṃ tadā | prādurbabhūva viśvebhyaḥ khebhyo nārī mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: Als jener Großgesinnte gerade das aus Zorn geborene Feuer in sich zurücknahm, erschien plötzlich eine Frau in leibhaftiger Gestalt, als wäre sie aus all seinen Sinnen hervorgegangen, gleichsam aus allen Himmelsrichtungen.

Word by Word

उपसंहरतःwhile (he) was withdrawing/withdrawing

तस्यof him

तम्that

अग्निम्fire

रोषजम्born of anger

तदाthen

प्रादुर्बभूवappeared/manifested

विश्वेभ्यःfrom all

खेभ्यःfrom the senses/organ-openings (lit. 'spaces')

नारीa woman

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

a manifested woman (mūrtimatī nārī)

anger-born fire (roṣaja agni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger is a powerful, quasi-elemental force (likened to fire) that must be consciously withdrawn and governed; even when restrained, its residual energy can take form and create further moral responsibility for the agent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a moment when a great being restrains an anger-born fire; at that very time a woman of embodied form manifests, as if emerging from his faculties and from the expanse of the sky—signaling the externalization of a controlled but potent inner force.