Shloka 35
संयुध्यतोरेव तयोर्जगाम ब्राह्मं दिनं व्यास हि शस्त्रपाण्योः । प्रवीरयोर्वीररवेण गर्जतोः परस्परं क्रोधसुयुक्तचेतसोः
saṃyudhyatoreva tayorjagāma brāhmaṃ dinaṃ vyāsa hi śastrapāṇyoḥ | pravīrayorvīraraveṇa garjatoḥ parasparaṃ krodhasuyuktacetasoḥ
O Vyāsa, as those two mighty warriors—both bearing weapons—fought on, a full ‘day of Brahmā’ passed; and with heroic roars they thundered at one another, their minds bound fast in wrath.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Rudra
Cosmic Event: A ‘day of Brahmā’ elapses, invoking brahmāṇḍic time-scale (kalpa-level imagination) to magnify the combat.
FAQs
The verse contrasts vast cosmic time (‘a day of Brahmā’) with the narrow bondage of krodha: even as ages pass, the unmastered mind remains chained. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, anger is a form of pasha (bondage) that obscures clarity and delays the soul’s movement toward Shiva’s grace.
The battle’s prolonged fury highlights the need for anchoring the mind in Saguna Shiva—commonly through Linga worship—so the devotee’s inner ‘war’ of passions is pacified. Linga-puja, offered with restraint and devotion, is a practical means to turn from wrath to śānti and receptivity to Shiva’s anugraha (grace).
A direct takeaway is krodha-śamana through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steadying practices like vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) application with remembrance of Shiva, cultivating inner coolness and self-control amid agitation.