Shloka 41
Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)
ये च वीतभया नित्यं हरस्य भ्रुकुटीसहा: । कामकारकरा नित्यं त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरेश्व॒ुरा:,वे सदा निर्भय होकर भगवान् शंकरके भ्रूभंगको सहन करनेवाले थे। प्रतिदिन इच्छानुसार कार्य करते और तीनों लोकोंके ईश्वरोंपर भी शासन कर सकते थे
ye ca vītabhayā nityaṃ harasya bhrukuṭī-sahāḥ | kāma-kārakarā nityaṃ trailokyasyeśvareśvarāḥ ||
Sañjaya nói: “Lại có những kẻ luôn không biết sợ, có thể chịu đựng cả cái cau mày của Hara (Śaṅkara). Mỗi ngày họ hành động theo ý mình, và có thể cai trị cả các bậc chúa tể của ba cõi—ấy chính là họ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the intoxicating nature of power and fearlessness: beings who feel beyond fear and even beyond divine displeasure may act purely by whim. Ethically, it warns that unchecked capability and pride can detach one from restraint (dharma) and make one overconfident in the face of higher moral and cosmic order.
Sañjaya is describing formidable figures—so fearless and powerful that they could endure even Śiva’s frown and act as they pleased, exercising dominion over the rulers of the three worlds. The description functions as heightened praise of might within the grim context of the Sauptika events.