Shloka 17
Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
पुलस्त्य उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो रौद्रं रुद्रः क्रोधाप्लुतो बभौ क्रुद्धस्य सर्वगात्रेभ्यो निश्चेरुः सहसार्चिषः
pulastya uvāca etacchrutvā vaco raudraṃ rudraḥ krodhāpluto babhau kruddhasya sarvagātrebhyo niśceruḥ sahasārciṣaḥ
പുലസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഈ രൗദ്ര വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ടപ്പോൾ രുദ്രൻ ക്രോധത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി. ക്രുദ്ധനായ അവന്റെ സർവ്വാവയവങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് ജ്വാലകൾ പൊട്ടിപ്പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
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FAQs
When dharma is violated through arrogance and exclusion (a common Dakṣa-yajña theme), the cosmos responds: Rudra’s anger is not mere emotion but a moral force that corrects ritualized injustice.
Vamśānucarita/Carita: an instructive divine episode explaining the power dynamics of gods and the sanctity (and limits) of yajña when severed from humility and right relation.
Flames from Rudra’s limbs symbolize tapas/tejas—spiritual heat becoming cosmic energy. It also encodes the idea that the divine body is the universe: disturbance in dharma manifests as elemental upheaval.