स आत्मन्युत्थितं मन्युमात्मजायात्मना प्रभु: । अशीशमद् यथा वह्निं स्वयोन्या वारिणात्मभू: ॥ ४ ॥
sa ātmany utthitam manyum ātmajāyātmanā prabhuḥ aśīśamad yathā vahniṁ sva-yonyā vāriṇātma-bhūḥ
- saḥ
- he
- ātmani
- within himself
- utthitam
- risen
- manyum
- anger
- ātma-jāya
- toward his son
- ātmanā
- by his own intelligence
- prabhuḥ
- the lord
- aśīśamat
- subdued
- yathā
- just as
- vahnim
- fire
- sva
- itself
- yonyā
- whose origin
- vāriṇā
- by water
- ātma-bhūḥ
- self-born Brahmā
Though anger toward his son was now rising within his heart, Lord Brahmā was able to subdue it by applying his intelligence, in the same way that fire is extinguished by its own product, water.