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 ||
ಕ್ರೋಧದಿಂದ ಉರಿದ ಮಹಿಷನು ಅಚಾನಕವಾಗಿ ರುದ್ರನ ರಥದ ಮೇಲೆ ಧಾವಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಭೂಮಿಯೂ ಆಕಾಶವೂ ಭಾರೀ ಕೋಲಾಹಲದಿಂದ ಮೊಳಗಿದವು; ಮಹರ್ಷಿಗಳೂ ಸಹ ಬೆಚ್ಚಿಬಿದ್ದರು.
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.