Shloka 9
Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)
पहलेकी बात है, इस ऋषभकूटपर ऋषभनामसे प्रसिद्ध एक तपस्वी रहते थे। उनकी आयु कई सौ वर्षोकी थी। वे तपस्वी होनेके साथ ही बड़े क्रोधी थे ।। स वै सम्भाष्यमाणो<न्यै: कोपाद् गिरिमुवाच ह | य इह व्याहरेत् कश्िदुपलानुत्सूजेस्तथा
pūrvakī bātā hai, iha ṛṣabhakūṭe ṛṣabhanāmā prasiddha ekaḥ tapasvī nyavasat | tasya vayaḥ śatāni bahūni āsan | sa tapasvī san mahākrodhanaś ca āsīt || sa vai sambhāṣyamāṇo'nyaiḥ kopād girim uvāca ha | ya iha vyāharet kaścid upalān utsṛjet tathā ||
罗摩沙说道：“往昔，在这名为梨沙婆库塔（Ṛṣabhakūṭa）的峰上，住着一位以‘梨沙婆’（Ṛṣabha）著称的苦行者。他活了数百年。虽修苦行，却性情暴烈，极易动怒。有一次，众人与他交谈之时，他被怒火所制，竟对着山岳本身说道：‘此处若有人吐出一言，便当立刻弃掷石块（以示缄默之戒/苦行之罚）！’于是立下了由嗔怒生出的严酷规条。”
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity without mastery over anger is ethically unstable: wrath can distort judgment and turn discipline into harshness. The verse highlights the need for krodha-nigraha (restraint of anger) alongside tapas.
Lomaśa recounts an old story set on Ṛṣabhakūṭa: an aged ascetic named Ṛṣabha, famous yet irascible, becomes angry during conversation and issues a severe injunction, even addressing the mountain, about speaking and casting away stones—signaling a punitive, anger-driven rule.