Shloka 8
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 53: Arjuna’s Jayadratha-vadha Pratijñā and Droṇa’s Protective Vyūha (शकटा-पद्म व्यूहः)
भगवन् क्रोधसंदीप्त: क्रोधादग्निमवासृजत् । स दहत्यश्मकूटानि द्रुमांश्न सरितस्तथा,प्रभो! आपने क्रोधसे प्रज्वलित होकर क्रोधपूर्वक जिस अग्निकी सृष्टि की है, वह पर्वत-शिखरों, वृक्षों और सरिताओंको दग्ध कर रही है
bhagavan krodha-saṃdīptaḥ krodhād agnim avāsṛjat | sa dahaty aśma-kūṭāni drumāṃś ca saritas tathā, prabho ||
Nārada said: “O Lord, inflamed with anger, you have unleashed fire born of wrath. That fire is burning rocky peaks, trees, and even the rivers. Such anger, once released, does not remain confined—it consumes the innocent along with the intended target.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked anger, once externalized into action, becomes indiscriminate and destructive; it harms far beyond its intended object, so restraint and discernment are essential to dharma.
Nārada addresses a powerful figure as “Lord,” describing how, in a surge of wrath, he has released a fire that is now consuming the natural world—crags, trees, and rivers—signaling the peril of rage-driven power.