Shloka 286

Devanagari script

अपरे दशनैरोष्ठानदशन्‌ क्रोधमूर्च्छिता: । कोई-कोई नरेश हाथसे हाथ मलने लगे। कुछ क्रोधसे आतुर हो दाँतोंसे ओठ चबाने लगे

Transliteration

apare daśanair oṣṭhān adaśan krodha-mūrcchitāḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Andere, von Zorn überwältigt und wie berauscht, bissen sich mit den Zähnen auf die Lippen. Die Könige, unfähig, ihre Wut zu zügeln, verrieten ihre Erregung durch solche unwillkürlichen Zeichen.“

Word by Word

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दशनैः: with (their) teeth
• दशनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ओष्ठान्: lips
• ओष्ठान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अदशन्: bit / chewed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural

• क्रोध-मूर्च्छिताः: overcome/possessed by anger
• क्रोध-मूर्च्छिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + मूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kings (nareśāḥ, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked anger (krodha) overwhelms discernment and manifests outwardly; the verse highlights how wrath can seize even rulers, implying the ethical need for self-mastery amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the reactions of some kings in the war setting: they are so enraged that they bite their lips with their teeth, a physical sign of being overpowered by anger.