Shloka 186

इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः

Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

एकेन सहिता: सड्ख्ये रणे क्रोधवशा गणा: । 'धनेश्वर! एक मनुष्यने बलपूर्वक इस पर्वतको रौंद डाला है और युद्धमें क्रोधवश नामक राक्षसगणोंको मार भगाया है

Transliteration

ekena sahitāḥ saṅkhye raṇe krodhavaśā gaṇāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Mitten im Getümmel der Schlacht standen Scharen von Wesen—vom Zorn getrieben—geschlossen beisammen wie ein einziger Leib. Die Meldung, die man ihrem Herrn überbrachte, lautete, ein einzelner Mensch habe mit bloßer Kraft die Bergfeste niedergetreten und die vor Wut rasenden Rākṣasas in die Flucht geschlagen, sie niedergestreckt und nach den Hieben zerstreut. Die Begebenheit mahnt: Ungebändigter Zorn führt ins Verderben, doch gezügelte Stärke und fester Entschluss vermögen selbst scheinbar uneinnehmbare Macht zu stürzen.

Word by Word

एकेनby one (person)

सहिता:united, together

सङ्ख्येin battle, in combat

रणेin war

क्रोधवशाःunder the sway of anger

गणाःgroups, troops

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhan-eśvara (epithet; likely Kubera, by context)

a single man (unnamed in the given excerpt)

rākṣasa-gaṇas (bands of rākṣasas)

mountain (parvata)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger (krodha) clouds judgment and weakens even organized forces; disciplined strength and resolve can overcome larger, wrath-driven groups. The ethical contrast is between uncontrolled passion and controlled power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a battlefield report: although the rākṣasa bands fought together under the sway of anger, a single man has forcefully overrun their mountain position and driven them away after defeating them.