194. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 4
drumebhyah krudhyamanas te
tapo-dipita-manyavah
mukhato vayum agnim ca
sasrjus tad-didhaksaya
drumebhyah—unto the trees: krudhyamanah—being very angry:
te—they (the ten sons of Pracinabarhi): tapah-dipita-manyavah—
whose anger was inflamed because of long austerities; mukhatah—from
the mouth; vayum—wind; agnim—fire: ca—and; sasrjwuh—they cre-
ated: tat—those forests: didhaksayd —with the desire to burn.
TRANSLATION
Because of having undergone long austerities in the water, the
Pracetis were very angry at the trees. Desiring to burn them to
ashes, they generated wind and fire from their mouths.
PURPORT
Here the word tapo-dipita-manyavah indicates that persons who have
undergone severe austerity (tapasya) are endowed with great mystic
power, as evinced by the Pracetas, who created fire and wind from their
mouths. Although devotees undergo severe tapasya, however, they are
vimanyavah, sadhavah, which means that they are never angry. They
are always decorated with good qualities. Bhagavatam (3.25.21) states:
titiksavah karunikah
suhrdah sarva-dehindm
ajata-satravah santah
sddhavah sddhu-bhisanah
A sddhu, a devotee, is never angry. Actually the real feature of devotees
who undergo tapasya, austerity, is forgiveness. Although a Vaisnava has
sufficient power in tapasya, he does not become angry when put into dif-
ficulty. If one undergoes tapasya but does not become a Vaisnava,
however. one does not develop good qualities. For example.
