Shloka 37
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
रुद्रो रोषात्मको जातो दशान्यान् सो5सृजत् स्वयम् । एकादशैते रुद्रास्तु विकारपुरुषा: स्मृता:
rudro roṣātmako jāto daśānyān so 'sṛjat svayam | ekādaśaite rudrās tu vikārapuruṣāḥ smṛtāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : «De la colère de Brahmā naquit Rudra, incarnation d’une fureur farouche. Et ce Rudra, de son propre chef, engendra dix autres Rudra. Ainsi sont ces onze Rudra, que l’on se remémore comme des “vikāra-puruṣa” : des personnifications de forces de transformation, ardentes et tumultueuses, surgies du trouble de l’esprit et du cosmos.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames wrath as a potent, world-shaping force: when anger arises at a cosmic level it can generate powerful manifestations. Ethically, it cautions that uncontrolled roṣa (anger) multiplies and transforms situations, producing further disruptive energies.
Vaiśampāyana describes a cosmogonic episode: Rudra arises as the embodiment of Brahmā’s wrath and then creates ten additional Rudras, forming the traditional set of eleven, characterized as vikāra-puruṣas—manifest beings representing transformative modifications.