Shloka 14
न च रोषादहं साध्वि पश्येयमधिकं तम: । तस्य वक्तव्यतां यान्ति विशेषेण भुजड़रमा:,पतिव्रते! मैं रोषसे बढ़कर मोहमें डालनेवाला दूसरा कोई दोष नहीं देखता और क्रोधके लिये सर्प ही अधिक बदनाम हैं
na ca roṣād ahaṃ sādhvi paśyeyam adhikaṃ tamaḥ | tasya vaktavyatāṃ yānti viśeṣeṇa bhujaṅgamāḥ ||
Wika ng Nāga: “O marangal na ginang! Wala akong nakikitang dilim (pagkalito) na hihigit pa sa galit. Dahil dito, ang mga ahas lalo na ang nagiging tampulan ng sisi at mabibigat na pananalita.”
नाग उवाच
Educational Q&A
Anger (roṣa) is portrayed as a supreme cause of inner darkness (tamas)—a deluding force that leads to harmful speech and moral downfall; therefore restraint and clarity are ethically superior.
A Nāga addresses a virtuous woman, reflecting on how anger produces delusion and noting that serpents, in particular, are widely censured because they are associated with wrath and sudden harm.