Shloka 9
Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)
पहलेकी बात है, इस ऋषभकूटपर ऋषभनामसे प्रसिद्ध एक तपस्वी रहते थे। उनकी आयु कई सौ वर्षोकी थी। वे तपस्वी होनेके साथ ही बड़े क्रोधी थे ।। स वै सम्भाष्यमाणो<न्यै: कोपाद् गिरिमुवाच ह | य इह व्याहरेत् कश्िदुपलानुत्सूजेस्तथा
pūrvakī bātā hai, iha ṛṣabhakūṭe ṛṣabhanāmā prasiddha ekaḥ tapasvī nyavasat | tasya vayaḥ śatāni bahūni āsan | sa tapasvī san mahākrodhanaś ca āsīt || sa vai sambhāṣyamāṇo'nyaiḥ kopād girim uvāca ha | ya iha vyāharet kaścid upalān utsṛjet tathā ||
Lomaśa said: “In former times, on this peak called Ṛṣabhakūṭa, there lived an ascetic renowned by the name Ṛṣabha. He had lived for many hundreds of years. Though a man of austerity, he was also fiercely prone to anger. Once, while others were speaking with him, he—overcome by wrath—addressed the mountain itself: ‘Whoever here utters a word, let him at once cast away stones (as a vow of silence/penance),’ thus laying down a harsh rule born of anger.”
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity without mastery over anger is ethically unstable: wrath can distort judgment and turn discipline into harshness. The verse highlights the need for krodha-nigraha (restraint of anger) alongside tapas.
Lomaśa recounts an old story set on Ṛṣabhakūṭa: an aged ascetic named Ṛṣabha, famous yet irascible, becomes angry during conversation and issues a severe injunction, even addressing the mountain, about speaking and casting away stones—signaling a punitive, anger-driven rule.