Shloka 15

Devanagari script

इदानीं त्वहमव्यग्रो गतमन्युर्गतज्वर: । मध्यमं पाण्डवं वीर द्रष्टमेच्छामि माधव,“माधव! अब इस समय मैं शान्त हूँ। मेरा क्रोध उतर गया है और चिन्ता भी दूर हो गयी है; अतः मैं मध्यम पाण्डव वीर अर्जुनको देखना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

idānīṁ tv aham avyagro gatamanyur gatajvaraḥ | madhyamaṁ pāṇḍavaṁ vīra draṣṭum icchāmi mādhava ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Now I am composed and undistracted. My anger has subsided and my feverish agitation has passed. Therefore, O Mādhava, I wish to see the heroic Pāṇḍava in the middle—Arjuna.”

Word by Word

इदानीम्now, at this time

तुbut/indeed

अहम्I

अव्यग्रःunagitated, calm

गतमन्युःwhose anger has gone (anger-subsided)

गतज्वरःwhose fever/anguish has gone (free from distress)

मध्यमम्the middle (one)

पाण्डवम्Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

वीरO hero

द्रष्टुम्to see

इच्छामिI desire/wish

माधवO Mādhava (Krishna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)

Arjuna (the middle Pāṇḍava)

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?

The verse highlights the ethical necessity of mastering anger and inner agitation before seeking dialogue or encounter. Composure (avyagra) and the cooling of wrath (gata-manyu) are presented as prerequisites for a clear, dharmic intention—here, the wish to meet Arjuna without being driven by rage or turmoil.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Stree Parva’s post-war setting, the speaker declares that his earlier anger and distress have subsided and expresses a desire to see the ‘middle Pāṇḍava,’ identified as Arjuna, addressing Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa). This signals a shift from heated emotion toward a deliberate meeting in the aftermath of the Kurukṣetra catastrophe.