Shloka 8
सुवर्णवर्णो निर्धूम: सड़तोर्ध्वशिख: कवि: । क्रुद्धेनाड़िरसा शप्तो गुणैरेतैर्विवर्जित:
arjuna uvāca | suvarṇavarṇo nirdhūmaḥ sadotrdhvaśikhaḥ kaviḥ | kruddhenāṅgirasā śapto guṇair etair vivarjitaḥ ||
Arjuna dit : «Autrefois, Agni était d’une teinte d’or, sans fumée, et sa flamme s’élevait toujours vers le haut. Mais le sage Aṅgiras, empli de colère, prononça contre lui une malédiction ; c’est pourquoi Agni est désormais privé de ces qualités d’antan.»
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical consequence of anger and the potency of a sage’s speech: even a cosmic power like Agni can lose auspicious qualities when subjected to a curse born of wrath, underscoring restraint and responsibility in word and emotion.
Arjuna describes Agni’s former ideal nature—golden, smokeless, and with an upward flame—and explains that these traits were lost because the sage Aṅgiras, angered, cursed Agni, resulting in Agni’s present altered condition.