drumebhyaḥ krudhyamÄnÄs te
tapo-dīpita-manyavaḥ
mukhato vÄyum agniá¹ ca
sasá¹›jus tad-didhaká¹£ayÄ
drumebhyaḥ - unto the trees; krudhyamÄnÄḥ - being very angry; te - they (the ten sons of PrÄcÄ«nabarhi); tapaḥ-dÄ«pita-manyavaḥ - whose anger was inflamed because of long austerities; mukhataḥ - from the mouth; vÄyum - wind; agnim - fire; ca - and; sasá¹›juḥ - they created; tat - those forests; didhaká¹£ayÄ - with the desire to burn.
Here the word tapo-dÄ«pita-manyavaḥ indicates that persons who have undergone severe austerity (tapasya) are endowed with great mystic power, as evinced by the PracetÄs, who created fire and wind from their mouths. Although devotees undergo severe tapasya, however, they are vimanyavaḥ, sÄdhavaḥ, which means that they are never angry. They are always decorated with good qualities. BhÄgavatam (3.25.21) states:
titiká¹£avaḥ kÄruṇikÄḥ
suhá¹›daḥ sarva-dehinÄm
ajÄta-Å›atravaḥ Å›ÄntÄḥ
sÄdhavaḥ sÄdhu-bhūṣaṇÄḥ
A sÄdhu, a devotee, is never angry. Actually the real feature of devotees who undergo tapasya, austerity, is forgiveness. Although a Vaiṣṇava has sufficient power in tapasya, he does not become angry when put into difficulty. If one undergoes tapasya but does not become a Vaiṣṇava, however, one does not develop good qualities. For example, HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu and RÄvaṇa also performed great austerities, but they did so to demonstrate their demoniac tendencies. Vaiṣṇavas must meet many opponents while preaching the glories of the Lord, but ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu recommends that they not become angry while preaching. Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu has given this formula: tṛṇÄd api sunÄ«cena taror api sahiṣṇunÄ/ amÄninÄ mÄnadena kÄ«rtanÄ«yaḥ sadÄ hariḥ. “One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.†Those engaged in preaching the glories of the Lord should be humbler than grass and more tolerant than a tree; then they can preach the glories of the Lord without difficulty.