Shloka 5
Adhyaya 9 — Lineage of Manus
वशिष्ठ उवाच मम पुत्रशतं तेन विश्वामित्रेण घातितम् ।
तत्रापि नाभवत् क्रोधस्तादृशो यादृशो 'द्य मे ॥
vaśiṣṭha uvāca mama putraśataṃ tena viśvāmitreṇa ghātitam / tatrāpi nābhavat krodhas tādṛśo yādṛśo 'dya me
Vasiṣṭha said: ‘A hundred of my sons were slain by that Viśvāmitra; yet even then such anger did not arise in me as has arisen today.’
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FAQs
The verse contrasts earlier forbearance with a present failure of restraint, implying that spiritual stature is tested not only by great tragedies but also by subtler provocations (e.g., insult, humiliation, perceived injustice). It cautions that ‘today’ can undo long discipline if vigilance lapses.
Ānucarita: exemplary narrative illustrating dharma through the conduct (and lapse) of revered sages; it is not cosmogenesis but moral-historical instruction.
A sage’s vāk-śakti is intensified by tapas; when joined to krodha it becomes fate-shaping. The ‘unprecedented anger’ signals a turning point where inner heat (tapas) externalizes as a curse mechanism.