Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.46
एवं ब्रुवाण उत्कृत्य जटां रोषप्रदीपित: ।
तया स निर्ममे तस्मै कृत्यां कालानलोपमाम् ॥ ४६ ॥
evaṁ bruvāṇa utkṛtya
[evam bruvaana utkritya]
jaṭāṁ roṣa-pradīpitaḥ
[jataam rosha-pradeepitah]
tayā sa nirmame tasmai
[tayaa sa nirmame tasmai]
kṛtyāṁ kālānalopamām
[krityaam kaalaanalopamaam]
Word-for-word
evam
—
thus
bruvāṇaḥ
—
speaking (Durvāsā Muni)
utkṛtya
—
uprooting
jaṭām
—
a bunch of hair
roṣa-pradīpitaḥ
—
being reddish because he was very angry
tayā
—
by that bunch of hair from his head
saḥ
—
Durvāsā Muni
nirmame
—
created
tasmai
—
to punish Mahārāja Ambarīṣa
kṛtyām
—
a demon
kāla-anala-upamām
—
appearing just like the blazing fire of devastation.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ bruvāṇa utkṛtya
evam
thus
bruvāṇaḥ
speaking (Durvāsā Muni)
utkṛtya
uprooting
jaṭāṁ roṣa-pradīpitaḥ
jaṭām
a bunch of hair
roṣa-pradīpitaḥ
being reddish because he was very angry
tayā
by that bunch of hair from his head
tayā sa nirmame tasmai
saḥ
Durvāsā Muni
nirmame
created
tasmai
to punish Mahārāja Ambarīṣa
kṛtyāṁ kālānalopamām
kṛtyām
a demon
kāla-anala-upamām
appearing just like the blazing fire of devastation.
As Durvāsā Muni said this, his face became red with anger. Uprooting a bunch of hair from his head, he created a demon resembling the blazing fire of devastation to punish Mahārāja Ambarīṣa.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
As Durvāsā Muni said this, enflamed with anger, he uprooting a bunch of hair from his head, and created a demon resembling the blazing fire of devastation, to punish Mahārāja Ambarīṣa.
Tasmai means “in order to kill him.”
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Personal Guidance
Red-faced, Durvāsā tears out a tuft of hair and creates a demon to kill Ambarīṣa. Hair-trigger anger weaponizes our spiritual capital against the very people we should be uplifting.
Reflection Questions
- What 'tapasya hair' have I uprooted in anger that I should have saved for blessing?
- Where am I converting accumulated spiritual credit into destructive demons?
My note
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