Shloka 33
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
आत्मन: सदृश: शौर्याद् बलरूपसमन्वित: । स एव भगवान् क्रोध: प्रतिसरूपसमन्वित:
ātmanaḥ sadṛśaḥ śauryād bala-rūpa-samanvitaḥ | sa eva bhagavān krodhaḥ pratisa-rūpa-samanvitaḥ ||
तो वीर शौर्य, रूप आणि बल यांत स्वयंच महादेवासारखाच—उपमेपलीकडचा—होता. खरे तर सर्वकार्यसमर्थ भगवान् शिवांचा क्रोधच मूर्तिमान होऊन त्या वीराच्या रूपाने प्रकट झाला होता.
दक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action (yajña) is not self-justifying; when driven by ego and disrespect toward the divine and the virtuous, it becomes adharma. The narrative frames Śiva’s wrath as a corrective force that restores moral balance, warning that arrogance in religious performance invites consequences.
Daksha describes the emergence of a hero who is essentially Śiva’s own wrath embodied—Vīrabhadra—endowed with extraordinary valor, strength, and form. This sets up the account of how Vīrabhadra, with Śiva’s sanction, proceeds to devastate Daksha’s sacrifice.