Shloka 9
मानससृष्टिः, रुद्रोत्पत्तिः, मन्वादिवंशः, प्रलयचतुष्टयम्
तस्य क्रोधसमुद्भूतं ज्वालामालाविदीपितम् ब्रह्मणो ऽभूत् तदा सर्वं त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं मुने
tasya krodhasamudbhūtaṃ jvālāmālāvidīpitam brahmaṇo 'bhūt tadā sarvaṃ trailokyam akhilaṃ mune
O Weiser, durch das aus jenem Zorn entstandene Feuer, erhellt von Girlanden aus Flammen, wurde damals die ganze Dreiwelt—ganz und gar—gleichsam zu Brahmās eigenem lodernden Feuer.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The cosmological consequence of Brahmā’s wrath in the course of creation
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Secondary
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: Creator-energy, when intensified as krodha, manifests as a cosmic force that can illuminate or consume the tri-loka, showing the ambivalence of rajasic power in evolution.
Vedantic Theme: Maya
Application: Recognize how strong emotions can become world-shaping forces; transmute intensity into constructive action rather than destruction.
Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic energies are real modes (prakāras) within the ordered universe; their power is not illusory but governed within the Supreme’s cosmic administration.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
FAQs
It signals a creation-stage crisis where destructive energy surges beyond balance, showing that even cosmic processes can become destabilized and require restoration of order.
In this narrative, anger is not merely psychological; it becomes a generative force producing tangible cosmic effects—here, a world-consuming blaze—illustrating how qualities (guṇas) can manifest as events.
Although this verse highlights Brahmā and a wrath-born conflagration, the Vishnu Purana’s theology frames Vishnu as the ultimate ground who sustains and re-establishes cosmic equilibrium when creation’s forces become excessive.