Shloka 18
चितां कृत्वा सुमहतीं प्रदाय च हुताशनम् । प्रदीप्तेडगनौ महाराज रोषदीप्तेन चेतसा
citāṃ kṛtvā sumahatīṃ pradāya ca hutāśanam | pradīpte 'gnau mahārāja roṣadīptena cetasā ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Setelah membina sebuah unggun pembakaran yang amat besar lalu menyalakan api, wahai Raja Agung, dia mencampakkan (persembahan itu) ke dalam nyala yang marak—hatinya menyala oleh amarah.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (roṣa) can dominate the mind and drive one toward destructive, irreversible acts, even when performed through socially recognized rites. It implicitly warns that ethical discernment is lost when the heart is ‘inflamed’ by wrath.
Bhīṣma describes a scene in which a large pyre is prepared and the fire is kindled; in that blazing fire, an offering is made while the agent’s mind is burning with anger—signaling a tense, violent, or retaliatory context within the unfolding events of Udyoga Parva.