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his passionate anger. He did not express it, however, because he knew that his sons were far enlightened in spiritual advancement and thus he should not express his anger before them.
TEXT 7
धियानिगृधमाणोऽपि भ्रुवोर्मध्यात्प्रजापतेः । सद्योऽजायत तन्मन्युः कुमारो नीललोहितः ॥ ७ ॥
dhiyā nigṛh yamāṇo 'pi bhruvor-madhyāt prajāpateḥ sadyo 'jāyata tan-manyuḥ kumāro nīla-lohitaḥ
dhiyā—by intelligence; nigṛh yamāṇaḥ—being controlled; api—in spite of; bhruvoḥ—of the eyebrows; madhyāt—from between; prajāpateḥ—of Brahmā; sadyaḥ—at once; ajāyata—generated; tat—his; manyuḥ—anger; kumāraḥ—a child; nīla-lohitaḥ—mixture of blue and red.
TRANSLATION
Although he tried to curb his anger, it came out from between his eyebrows, and a child of mixed blue and red was immediately generated.
PURPORT
The face of anger is the same whether exhibited due to ignorance or knowledge. Although Brahmā tried to curb his anger, he could not do so, even though he is the supreme being. Such anger in its true color came from between the eyebrows of Brahmā as Rudra, in a mixed color of blue (ignorance) and red (passion), because anger is the product of passion and ignorance.
TEXT 8
स वै रुरोद देवानां पूर्वजो भगवान् भवः । नामानि कुरु मे धातः स्थानानि च जगव्युरो ॥ ८ ॥
sa vai ruroda devānām pūrvajo bhagavān bhavaḥ nāmāni kuru me dhātaḥ sthānāni ca jagad-guro