Shloka 88
Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve
Gandharva Encounter
यदा रुद्ररथं क्रुद्धो महिष: सहसा गत: । रेसतू रोदसी गाढं मुमुहुश्च महर्षय:,जब क्रोधमें भरे हुए महिषासुरने सहसा भगवान् रुद्रके रथपर आक्रमण किया, उस समय पृथ्वी और आकाशमें भारी कोलाहल मच गया और महर्षिगण भी घबरा गये
yadā rudra-rathaṁ kruddho mahiṣaḥ sahasā gataḥ | resatū rodasī gāḍhaṁ mumuhuś ca maharṣayaḥ ||
摩罗迦ṇḍeya说道：当那牛魔怒焰冲天，骤然扑向鲁陀罗之战车时，天地轰鸣，巨响沉沉回荡；连大圣仙们也为之惊惶。此景昭示：失控的忿怒与暴烈的侵攻，不仅扰乱对手，更震荡道德与宇宙的秩序，使修苦行、具慧观者亦难安然。
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how rage-driven, sudden violence (krodha + sahasā) disrupts the wider order—symbolized by earth and sky roaring—and can unsettle even sages. Ethically, it cautions that uncontrolled anger is not merely personal; it becomes socially and cosmically destabilizing.
The buffalo-demon, enraged, suddenly charges toward Rudra’s chariot. The impact of this assault is portrayed as so tremendous that the very realms of earth and sky thunder, and the assembled great seers are momentarily bewildered and alarmed.