dhiyÄ nigá¹›hyamÄṇo 'pi
bhruvor madhyÄt prajÄpateḥ
sadyo 'jÄyata tan-manyuḥ
kumÄro nÄ«la-lohitaḥ
dhiyÄ - by intelligence; nigá¹›hyamÄṇaḥ - being controlled; api - in spite of; bhruvoḥ - of the eyebrows; madhyÄt - from between; prajÄpateḥ - of BrahmÄ; sadyaḥ - at once; ajÄyata - generated; tat - his; manyuḥ - anger; kumÄraḥ - a child; nÄ«la-lohitaḥ - mixture of blue and red.
The face of anger is the same whether exhibited due to ignorance or knowledge. Although BrahmÄ 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 BrahmÄ as Rudra, in a mixed color of blue (ignorance) and red (passion), because anger is the product of passion and ignorance.