Shloka 2
सेनापति-निर्णयः तथा पाण्डवसेनायाः कुरुक्षेत्रगमनम्
Decision on Command and the Pandavas’ March to Kurukshetra
अवधूयोत्थितो मन्द: क्रोधसंरक्तलोचन: । अन्वद्रवन्त त॑ पश्चाद् राजानस्त्यक्तजीविता:
avadhūyotthito mandaḥ krodha-saṃrakta-locanaḥ | anvadravanta taṃ paścād rājānas tyakta-jīvitāḥ ||
فقام ذلك الغليظ الفهم مستخفًّا، وعيناه محمرّتان من الغضب، وترك المجلس. ومن بعده تبعته الملوك أيضًا، كأنهم قد طرحوا عنهم كل حرص على حياتهم—تسوقهم السخطَة وزخمُ الصراع لا هدوءُ المشورة.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and contempt can override discernment: a leader’s wrathful exit becomes contagious, drawing others into reckless, life-disregarding action. Ethically, it warns that abandoning calm deliberation in an assembly leads to escalation and adharma.
A foolish, anger-blinded man rises and storms out of the assembly in disdain. The kings, stirred up and ready for extreme consequences, follow after him—signaling a breakdown of counsel and a turn toward confrontation.