Shloka 21
खाण्डवदाहोत्तर-वरप्रदानम्
Boons after the Khāṇḍava Burning
ततो नमुचिहा क्रुद्धों भृशमर्चिष्मतस्तदा । पुनरेव महामेघैरम्भांसि व्यसूजद् बहु,तब नमुचिनाशक इन्द्रदेव अग्निपर अत्यन्त कुपित हो पुनः बड़े-बड़े मेघोंद्वारा बहुत जलकी वर्षा कराने लगे
tato namuci-hā kruddho bhṛśam arcīṣmatas tadā | punar eva mahāmeghair ambhāṃsi vyasūjad bahu ||
Entonces Indra, el matador de Namuci, airado ante el fulgor de Agni, volvió a provocar un aguacero—liberando abundantes aguas por medio de grandes nubes. En el marco del relato, la respuesta de los dioses a la feroz energía de Agni no es violencia directa, sino contención mediante fuerzas contrarias, lo que sugiere una preferencia ética por el equilibrio antes que por la escalada.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when confronted with intense force (Agni’s blazing power), the response shown is regulation through balancing means (rain via clouds). The verse implicitly values restraint and restoration of equilibrium over unchecked escalation.
Indra—identified by the epithet 'Namuci’s slayer'—becomes angry at the blazing Agni and again releases abundant rain through great clouds, apparently to subdue or counteract Agni’s fiery intensity.