Shloka 9
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
तेष्वेवं निरपेक्षेषु लोकसृष्टौ महात्मनः ।
ब्रह्मणोऽभून्महाक्रोधस्तत्रोत्पन्नोर्’कसन्निभः ॥
teṣv evaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau mahātmanaḥ | brahmaṇo 'bhūn mahākrodhas tatrotpanno 'rkasannibhaḥ ||
ಅವರು ಲೋಕಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ಕಡೆ ಹೀಗೆ ಉದಾಸೀನರಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮಹಾಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ತೀವ್ರ ಕ್ರೋಧದಿಂದ ಆವಿಷ್ಟನಾದನು; ಆ ಕ್ರೋಧದಿಂದ ಸೂರ್ಯಸಮಾನ ಪ್ರಕಾಶವುಳ್ಳ ಒಬ್ಬನು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದನು।
FAQs
Even cosmic creation is portrayed as responding to imbalance: when propagation stalls, a forceful corrective energy arises. The text cautions that unchecked dispassion can disrupt duties tied to sustaining the world.
Sarga: secondary emergence of a deity/being from Brahmā’s affect (krodha), a common Purāṇic mechanism for differentiating cosmic functions.
Anger here is not merely moral failure but a cosmic activating power—tamas/rajas catalyzing differentiation. The sun-like radiance hints at a transformative, burning principle that compels movement in creation.