Shloka 88
Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve
Gandharva Encounter
यदा रुद्ररथं क्रुद्धो महिष: सहसा गत: । रेसतू रोदसी गाढं मुमुहुश्च महर्षय:,जब क्रोधमें भरे हुए महिषासुरने सहसा भगवान् रुद्रके रथपर आक्रमण किया, उस समय पृथ्वी और आकाशमें भारी कोलाहल मच गया और महर्षिगण भी घबरा गये
yadā rudra-rathaṁ kruddho mahiṣaḥ sahasā gataḥ | resatū rodasī gāḍhaṁ mumuhuś ca maharṣayaḥ ||
マールカンデーヤは語った。「怒りに燃える牛魔が、にわかにルドラの戦車へ襲いかかったとき、天地は重々しい轟きに満ち、偉大なるリシたちさえ驚愕して心を乱した。」この場面は、制御なき憤怒と暴虐な攻勢が敵を乱すのみならず、法（ダルマ）と宇宙の秩序そのものを揺るがし、苦行と洞察に生きる者さえ不安に陥れることを示している。
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how rage-driven, sudden violence (krodha + sahasā) disrupts the wider order—symbolized by earth and sky roaring—and can unsettle even sages. Ethically, it cautions that uncontrolled anger is not merely personal; it becomes socially and cosmically destabilizing.
The buffalo-demon, enraged, suddenly charges toward Rudra’s chariot. The impact of this assault is portrayed as so tremendous that the very realms of earth and sky thunder, and the assembled great seers are momentarily bewildered and alarmed.