शबलाहरणम्
The Attempted Seizure of Sabalā (Kāmadhenu) and the Triumph of Brahmic Power
बलं भग्नं ततो दृष्ट्वा रथेनाक्रम्य कौशिक:।स राजा परमक्रुद्धो रोषविस्फारितेक्षण:।पप्लवान्नाशयामास शस्त्रैरुच्चावचैरपि।।।।
balaṃ bhagnaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā rathena ākramya kauśikaḥ | sa rājā paramakruddho roṣa-visphāritekṣaṇaḥ | paplavān nāśayāmāsa śastrair uccāvacair api ||
见己军溃败,憍尸迦(毗湿瓦密多)乘车冲入阵中。那位国王盛怒至极,双目因忿恨而张大,又以种种兵器将帕普拉瓦也尽数歼灭。
Thereafter the king (Viswamitra), having seen his army thus routed, flew into a fury.Wide-eyed with anger, he sat in his chariot and destoyed the Paplavas with various kinds of weapons.
Unchecked anger (krodha) drives escalation and blinds judgment; dharma warns that rage-based action deepens conflict rather than restoring order.
After his army is destroyed, Viśvāmitra personally retaliates from his chariot and kills the manifested Paplavas with varied weapons.
A negative exemplar: the loss of self-control—anger overpowering discernment.