Shloka 11
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
तस्या वत्समुखोत्सृष्ट: फेनो मद्गात्रमागतः । ततो दग्धा मया गावो नानावर्णत्वमागता:
tasyā vatsamukhotsṛṣṭaḥ pheno madgātram āgataḥ | tato dagdhā mayā gāvo nānāvārṇatvam āgatāḥ ||
Sinabi ni Mahādeva: “Mula sa bakang iyon, ang bula na lumabas sa bibig ng kanyang guya ay tumalsik at tumama sa aking katawan. Dahil dito, nagngalit ako at sinimulan kong pahirapan ang mga baka sa init; nang masunog sa aking poot, ang mga baka ay nagkaroon ng sari-saring kulay.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a moment of anger, especially when directed toward innocent beings, produces disproportionate harm and lasting consequences; the passage implicitly cautions restraint and ethical accountability, highlighting the sanctity of cows and the moral weight of one’s reactions.
Mahādeva narrates that foam from a calf’s mouth accidentally fell on his body; taking offense, he became angry and inflicted burning heat upon the cows, and as a result of being scorched by his wrath, the cows’ colors became varied.