Shloka 5
अत्र क्रोधविषं पार्थ विमुड्च चिरसम्भृतम् । एष मूलमनर्थानां पाण्डवानां महारथ:,पार्थ! तुम बहुत दिनोंसे सँजोकर रखे हुए अपने क्रोधरूपी विषको इसके ऊपर छोड़ो। महारथी दुर्योधन ही पाण्डवोंके सारे अनर्थोंकी जड़ है
atra krodhaviṣaṃ pārtha vimuñca cirasambhṛtam | eṣa mūlam anarthānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ ||
Vāyu said: “Here, O Pārtha, release upon him the poison of your wrath that you have long held in check. This great chariot-warrior is the very root of the Pandavas’ misfortunes.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames anger as a potent, dangerous force—“poison”—that should be deliberately directed only toward removing the perceived root-cause of injustice in a war context. It highlights a kṣatriya ethic of decisive action against the principal instigator, while also implying that wrath is something to be restrained until the right moment.
Vāyudeva addresses Arjuna (Pārtha), urging him to unleash his long-contained fury upon the enemy before him, identifying that warrior—understood in the received context as Duryodhana—as the main source of the Pandavas’ suffering and thus the proper target for decisive confrontation.