Shloka 23
Adhyāya 290: Kuntī’s Mantra-Parīkṣā and the Appearance of Sūrya (कुन्ती–सूर्यसंवादः)
स रुषा सर्वगात्रेषु तयो: पुरुषसिंहयो:
sa ruṣā sarvagātreṣu tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
Dijo Mārkaṇḍeya: Entonces, presa de la ira, ésta se extendió por todos los miembros de aquellos dos hombres leoninos—señal exterior de que la cólera había tomado su ser entero y estaba por impulsar su siguiente acción.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger can pervade the entire person—mind and body—signaling loss of inner balance. Ethically, it points to the need for restraint, since wrath that ‘fills the limbs’ often precedes harmful speech or action.
Markandeya describes a moment of rising tension: two heroic men are overtaken by anger so intensely that it is portrayed as spreading through their whole bodies, foreshadowing an imminent confrontation or decisive act.