Shloka 21
Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान् स्थाप्य कोपं जलाशये । स जल पावको भूत्वा शोषयत्यनिशं प्रभो
tataḥ prasanno bhagavān sthāpya kopaṃ jalāśaye | sa jala-pāvako bhūtvā śoṣayaty aniśaṃ prabho ||
ครั้นแล้วพระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงผ่องใส จึงวางความพิโรธไว้ในมหาสมุทร ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นนาย! ความพิโรธนั้นเองแปรเป็นวฑวานล ไฟใต้สมุทร คอยดูดกลืนน้ำอยู่มิรู้สิ้น
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wrath, even when justified, must be contained and redirected so it does not devastate the innocent; the verse presents a cosmic metaphor where anger is not denied but restrained within limits that preserve dharma and the world’s balance.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Lord becomes calm and deposits his anger into the ocean; that anger persists as the Vaḍavānala (submarine fire), continually absorbing the sea’s waters—explaining a mythic phenomenon while emphasizing controlled power after intense conflict.