Shloka 23
आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis
स दर्शयित्वा चात्मानं दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम् । विपाप्मा विगतक्रोधश्वचार वनमन्तिकात्,दिव्य और अदभुत दिखायी देनेवाले अपने स्वरूपका उन्हें दर्शन कराकर क्रोध और पापसे रहित तनु मुनि निकटवर्ती वनमें चले गये
sa darśayitvā cātmānaṃ divyam adbhuta-darśanam | vipāpmā vigata-krodhaś cacāra vanam antikāt ||
Having revealed to them his own wondrous, divine form, the sage—purified of sin and free from anger—then departed and moved into the nearby forest.
कृश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual power is validated by inner purification and the absence of anger; after accomplishing what is necessary (here, revealing a divine form), the sage returns to a life of restraint rather than remaining in worldly contention.
The speaker describes a sage who first grants an extraordinary vision of his divine form to others present, and then—being sinless and free from wrath—withdraws into a nearby forest, signaling closure of the encounter and a return to ascetic seclusion.