Shloka 88
Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve
Gandharva Encounter
यदा रुद्ररथं क्रुद्धो महिष: सहसा गत: । रेसतू रोदसी गाढं मुमुहुश्च महर्षय:,जब क्रोधमें भरे हुए महिषासुरने सहसा भगवान् रुद्रके रथपर आक्रमण किया, उस समय पृथ्वी और आकाशमें भारी कोलाहल मच गया और महर्षिगण भी घबरा गये
yadā rudra-rathaṁ kruddho mahiṣaḥ sahasā gataḥ | resatū rodasī gāḍhaṁ mumuhuś ca maharṣayaḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: When the buffalo-demon, inflamed with wrath, suddenly rushed upon Rudra’s chariot, earth and sky resounded with a heavy tumult, and even the great seers were shaken with alarm. The scene shows how uncontrolled anger and violent aggression disturb not only foes but the moral and cosmic order itself, unsettling even those devoted to austerity and insight.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how rage-driven, sudden violence (krodha + sahasā) disrupts the wider order—symbolized by earth and sky roaring—and can unsettle even sages. Ethically, it cautions that uncontrolled anger is not merely personal; it becomes socially and cosmically destabilizing.
The buffalo-demon, enraged, suddenly charges toward Rudra’s chariot. The impact of this assault is portrayed as so tremendous that the very realms of earth and sky thunder, and the assembled great seers are momentarily bewildered and alarmed.