Shloka 23
नारदस्य वच: श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धः प्राज्वलदड्धिरा: । अपिबत् तेजसा वारि विष्ट भ्य सुमहातपा:
nāradāsya vacaḥ śrutvā kruddhaḥ prājvalad aṅgirāḥ | apibat tejasā vāri viṣṭabhya sumahātapāḥ ||
ពេលឮពាក្យរបស់ នារ៉ដា ឧតថ្យៈ កូនប្រុសរបស់ អង្គិរាស បានផ្ទុះឡើងដោយកំហឹង ដូចភ្លើងឆេះ។ អ្នកតបស្យាធំមហានោះ អាស្រ័យលើអំណាចតបស្យា បានទប់ទឹកទាំងអស់ ហើយចាប់ផ្តើមផឹកវាដោយពន្លឺតេជៈវិញ្ញាណរបស់ខ្លួន។
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between spiritual power (tapas/tejas) and self-control: even a great ascetic can be driven by anger to use extraordinary power in a forceful, potentially harmful way, implying that mastery over krodha is integral to dharma.
After hearing Nārada’s statement, Utathya becomes enraged; empowered by his austerities, he restrains the waters and begins to drink them up through his tejas, demonstrating the formidable potency attributed to sages in epic narrative.