Shloka 16
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
सो&वज्ञाय तु निर्विद्धः सूतपुत्रेण मारिष । प्रजज्वाल ततः क्रोधाद्धविषेव हुताशन:,माननीय नरेश! सूतपुत्रके द्वारा अवज्ञापूर्वक घायल किये जानेपर फिर राजा युधिष्छिर घीकी आहुतिसे प्रज्वलित हुई अग्निके समान क्रोधसे जल उठे
so ’vajñāya tu nirviddhaḥ sūtaputreṇa māriṣa | prajajvāla tataḥ krodhād dhaviṣeva hutāśanaḥ ||
মান্য নৰেশ! সূতপুত্ৰে অৱজ্ঞাভাৱে বিদ্ধ কৰাত ৰজা যুধিষ্ঠিৰ তেতিয়া ক্ৰোধত এনেদৰে জ্বলি উঠিল, যেন ঘৃতাহুতি পালে অগ্নি প্ৰজ্বলিত হয়।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that contempt (avajñā) intensifies the moral and emotional impact of harm: when injury is coupled with insult, even a dharmic person can be driven into consuming anger, likened to fire fed by ghee.
In the Karṇa Parva battle account, Yudhiṣṭhira is wounded by Karṇa (called sūtaputra) in a manner marked by disdain; the combination of being struck and being slighted makes Yudhiṣṭhira blaze with anger.