Shloka 116
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
स चात्मक्रोधजो वह्निहहित्युक्त्वा निवारित: | मा कार्षीर्भस्मसाल्लोकानि ति त्र्यक्षोडब्रवीच्च तम्,उनके अपने क्रोधसे जो अग्नि प्रकट हुई थी, उसे भगवान् त्रिलोचनने 'हा-हा” कहकर रोक दिया और उससे कहा--'तू सम्पूर्ण जगत्को भस्म न कर”
sa cātmakrodhajo vahnir ha-hā ity uktvā nivāritaḥ | mā kārṣīr bhasmasāl lokān iti tryakṣo ’bravīc ca tam ||
And the fire that had arisen from his own wrath was checked when the Three-eyed Lord cried, “Ha! Ha!” Restraining it, he said to that blazing force: “Do not reduce the worlds to ashes.”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wrath can become a destructive force capable of harming the innocent and upsetting cosmic balance; dharma requires restraint, and higher wisdom (here symbolized by Śiva) checks uncontrolled anger to protect the worlds.
A fire generated from one’s own anger flares up dangerously. The Three-eyed Lord (Śiva), invoking a sharp prohibitive cry (“ha-hā”), restrains it and commands it not to burn the worlds to ashes.