Shloka 6

Devanagari script

निःश्वसन्नग्निवत्‌ तेन संतप्त: स्वेन मन्युना । अप्रशान्तमना भीम सधूम इव पावक:,भीम! तुम बारंबार लंबी साँस खींचते हुए अपने ही क्रोधसे उसी प्रकार संतप्त होते थे, जैसे आग अपने ही तेजसे तपी रहती है। धुएँसे व्याप्त हुई अग्निकी भाँति तुम्हारे नित्य- निरन्तर अशान्ति छायी रहती थी

Transliteration

niḥśvasann agnivat tena saṃtaptaḥ svena manyunā | apraśāntamanā bhīma sadhūma iva pāvakaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: كان بهيما يزفر مرارًا وتكرارًا، وقد لُسِع بحرّ غضبه هو نفسه، كالنار تحترق بحرارتها الذاتية. لم يجد قلبه سكينة؛ وكلهيبٍ تلفّه الأدخنة، ظلّ على الدوام محجوبًا بسحابة الاضطراب.

Word by Word

निःश्वसन्breathing out, sighing

अग्नि-वत्like fire

तेनby that / with that

संतप्तःheated, tormented

स्वेनby one’s own

मन्युनाby anger, wrath

अप्रशान्त-मनाwhose mind is not calm

भीमO Bhima

स-धूमःsmoky, with smoke

इवas if, like

पावकःfire

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhīma

fire (agni/pāvaka)

smoke (dhūma)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Uncontrolled anger (manyu) first burns the person who holds it: it disturbs the mind’s peace and clouds judgment, like smoke covering a flame. The verse implicitly commends inner pacification as an ethical necessity before righteous action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes Bhīma’s inner state during the tense pre-war negotiations: he repeatedly sighs and is visibly consumed by indignation, remaining mentally unsettled, compared to a smoky fire.