Shloka 43

और्वकृत-क्रोधाग्नि-निग्रहः

Aurva’s Containment of the Wrath-Fire

Devanagari script

तामन्वेष्ट स नृपति: परिचक्राम सर्वतः । वन॑ वनजपत्राक्षीं भ्रमन्नुन्मत्ततत्‌ तदा,तब वे नरेश कमलदलके समान विशाल नेत्रोंवाली उस (दिव्य) कन्याको ढूँढ़नेके लिये वनमें सब ओर उन्मत्तकी भाँति भ्रमण करने लगे

Transliteration

tām anvēṣṭa sa nṛpatiḥ paricakrāma sarvataḥ | vanaṁ vanajapatrākṣīṁ bhramann unmatta-tat tadā ||

Translation

Auf der Suche nach ihr durchstreifte der König alles ringsum und zog in alle Richtungen durch den Wald. In seiner Erregung irrte er wie ein Rasender umher, die Jungfrau mit den lotosblattgleichen Augen suchend.

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अन्वेष्टुम्: to search for
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्वेष् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-अन्त (infinitive)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नृपतिः: the king
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परिचक्राम: went around, roamed
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वतः: on all sides, everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय

• वनम्: the forest
• वनम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वनजपत्राक्षीम्: her whose eyes are like lotus-petals
• वनजपत्राक्षीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनजपत्राक्षी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भ्रमन्: wandering
• भ्रमन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उन्मत्तवत्: like a madman
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उन्मत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (like/as)

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• nṛpati (the king)
• vanam (forest)
• vanajapatrākṣī (lotus-eyed maiden)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical need for self-mastery: even a king, expected to be steady and discerning, can be thrown into confusion by intense attachment and separation. It implicitly contrasts royal duty and composure with the destabilizing force of uncontrolled desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Gandharva narrator describes the king roaming through the forest in every direction, circling about and searching frantically for a lotus-eyed maiden, wandering as if mad with agitation.