Shloka 303
Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions
समाविशत् तदा रौद्रो वृत्र लोकपतिं तदा | तब जगदीश्वर भगवान् शिवका तेज रौद्र ज्वर होकर लोकेश्वर वृत्रके शरीरमें समा गया
samāviśat tadā raudro vṛtra lokapatiṃ tadā |
ビーシュマは言った。「そのとき、猛々しく憤怒する力が、衆生の中の雄たるヴリトラへと入り込んだ。かくして世の主、バガヴァーン・シヴァは、ルドラのごとき烈しい光熱の恐るべき熱病となって、ヴリトラの身に融け入り、その威力と戦いの凄惨さをいよいよ増し加えた。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that overwhelming power in the world can be understood as arising from a higher cosmic source; wrathful force (raudra-tejas) is not merely personal anger but a potent, dangerous energy that, when unleashed, transforms the course of events and demands ethical restraint and discernment.
Bhīṣma describes a moment when a fierce Rudra-like energy—identified with Bhagavān Śiva as a burning ‘jvara’—enters Vṛtra’s body, implying divine empowerment/possession that heightens Vṛtra’s formidable presence in the unfolding mythic struggle.