Shloka 24
Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)
तस्मिन् क्रुद्धे3भवत् सर्वमसुस्थं भुवनं प्रभो । प्रसन्ने च पुनः सुस्थं प्रसन्नो5स्य च वीर्यवान्
tasmin kruddhe 'bhavat sarvam asusthaṁ bhuvanaṁ prabho | prasanne ca punaḥ susthaṁ prasanno 'sya ca vīryavān, rājan, bhagavān śaṅkaraḥ ||
毗舍婆耶那说道：当那位主神震怒时，整个世界皆动荡失序；当他复归慈悦时，世界又重得安稳。而那位威力无边的吉祥者——商羯罗（Śaṅkara，湿婆）——已对他心生欢喜，噢，大王。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that cosmic stability depends on divine balance: wrath brings upheaval, while grace restores order. Ethically, it warns that immense power—divine or human—must be governed by restraint, and that seeking favor through devotion can redirect destructive momentum toward restoration.
Vaiśampāyana describes Śiva’s overwhelming cosmic influence: when Śiva is angered, the world becomes unstable; when he is pleased, it becomes stable again. In this context, Śiva has become pleased with a particular person (understood in the Sauptika narrative as Aśvatthāmā), setting the stage for subsequent actions empowered or sanctioned by that favor.