वाल्मीकिरुवाच । तस्मिन् कोपपरीतेऽथ विश्वामित्रे महात्मनि । चचाल वसुधा कृत्स्ना सुरांश्च भयमाविशत् ॥ ५ ॥
vālmīkiruvāca | tasmin kōpaparītē’tha viśvāmitrē mahātmani | cacāla vasudhā kṛtsnā surāṁśca bhayamāviśat || 5 ||
Translation
Vālmīki said: When the great-souled Viśvāmitra was seized by anger, the whole earth shook and fear entered the gods.
Word by word
- vālmīkiḥ
- Vālmīki
- uvāca
- said
- tasmin
- when he
- kōpa
- by anger
- parītē
- was seized
- atha
- then
- viśvāmitrē
- Viśvāmitra
- mahātmani
- the great-souled
- cacāla
- shook
- vasudhā
- the earth
- kṛtsnā
- whole
- surāṁś
- (surān) the gods
- ca
- and
- bhayam
- fear
- āviśat
- entered
Meaning
The anger of a sage of such austerity is a cosmic event.