Shloka 15

Devanagari script

उपसंहरतस्तस्य तमग्निं रोषजं तदा । प्रादुर्बभूव विश्वेभ्य: खेभ्यो नारी महात्मन:,उस क्रोधाग्निका उपसंहार करते समय महात्मा ब्रह्माजीकी सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंसे एक मूर्तिमती नारी प्रकट हुई

Transliteration

upasaṃharatastasya tam agniṃ roṣajaṃ tadā | prādurbabhūva viśvebhyaḥ khebhyo nārī mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: As that great-souled one was withdrawing the fire born of wrath, a woman with embodied form suddenly manifested, as though arising from all his senses, as if from every quarter of the sky.

Word by Word

उपसंहरतःwhile (he) was withdrawing/withdrawing

तस्यof him

तम्that

अग्निम्fire

रोषजम्born of anger

तदाthen

प्रादुर्बभूवappeared/manifested

विश्वेभ्यःfrom all

खेभ्यःfrom the senses/organ-openings (lit. 'spaces')

नारीa woman

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

a manifested woman (mūrtimatī nārī)

anger-born fire (roṣaja agni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger is a powerful, quasi-elemental force (likened to fire) that must be consciously withdrawn and governed; even when restrained, its residual energy can take form and create further moral responsibility for the agent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a moment when a great being restrains an anger-born fire; at that very time a woman of embodied form manifests, as if emerging from his faculties and from the expanse of the sky—signaling the externalization of a controlled but potent inner force.