Shloka 27
मातापितृपूजन-प्रधानधर्मः (Primacy of Filial Service) — Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of the Vyādha’s Instruction
मुखजेनाग्निना क्रुद्धों लोकानुद्)र्तयन्निव । क्षणेन राजशार्दूल पुरेव कपिल: प्रभु:
mukhajenāgninā kruddho lokān uddhartayann iva | kṣaṇena rājaśārdūla pureva kapilaḥ prabhuḥ ||
मार्कण्डेय बोले—क्रोध से भरा हुआ वह अपने मुख से निकली अग्नि द्वारा मानो लोकों को दग्ध कर रहा था। हे राजशार्दूल! एक ही क्षण में वह प्रभु प्राचीन कपिल के समान हो गया।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the terrifying potency of uncontrolled wrath, especially when joined to extraordinary power: anger can become world-consuming, threatening cosmic order and ethical balance.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a powerful figure who, in sudden rage, appears to emit fire from his mouth and overwhelm the worlds, being compared to the ancient sage Kapila, famed in tradition for a destructive blaze born of ascetic might.