Shloka 36
मित्रश्न क्षुरपर्यन्तं चक्रमादाय तस्थिवान् | पूषा भगश्न संक़्रुद्ध:/ सविता च विशाम्पते
mitraśnā kṣuraparyantaṁ cakram ādāya tasthivān | pūṣā bhagaś ca saṁkruddhaḥ savitā ca viśāmpate ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Mitra stood firm, taking up a discus whose rim was sharp as a razor. Pūṣan and Bhaga too became enraged, and Savitṛ as well, O lord of the people. The verse underscores how even divine powers, when provoked, can be driven into wrath—hinting at the moral tension between rightful indignation and the peril of uncontrolled anger.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger can spread and intensify even among exalted beings; it implicitly warns that wrath, once kindled, mobilizes power toward harm unless restrained by dharma and discernment.
The narrator describes a moment of rising divine confrontation: Mitra arms himself with a razor-edged discus and stands ready, while Pūṣan, Bhaga, and Savitṛ also become angry—signaling an escalation toward conflict.