Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अवधूयोत्थितो मन्द: क्रोधसंरक्तलोचन: । अन्वद्रवन्त त॑ पश्चाद्‌ राजानस्त्यक्तजीविता:,वह मूर्ख क्रोधसे लाल आँखें किये उन सबकी अवहेलना करके सभासे उठकर चला गया। उसीके पीछे अन्य राजा भी अपने जीवनका मोह छोड़कर सभासे उठकर चल दिये

Transliteration

avadhūyotthito mandaḥ krodha-saṃrakta-locanaḥ | anvadravanta taṃ paścād rājānas tyakta-jīvitāḥ ||

Translation

The dull-witted man rose in contempt, his eyes reddened with anger, and left the assembly. After him the kings too followed, as though they had cast aside all concern for their lives—driven by wrath and the momentum of conflict rather than by calm counsel.

Word by Word

अवधूयhaving shaken off / having disregarded

उत्थितःrisen / stood up

मन्दःthe dull-witted one / fool

क्रोध-संरक्त-लोचनःwhose eyes were reddened with anger

अन्वद्रवन्ran after / followed

तम्him

पश्चात्afterwards / behind

राजानःkings

त्यक्त-जीविताःthose who had abandoned attachment to life / life-risking

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva, the Wind-god) as speaker

र

राजानः (kings)

स

सभā (assembly; implied by context)

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 how anger and contempt can override discernment: a leader’s wrathful exit becomes contagious, drawing others into reckless, life-disregarding action. Ethically, it warns that abandoning calm deliberation in an assembly leads to escalation and adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A foolish, anger-blinded man rises and storms out of the assembly in disdain. The kings, stirred up and ready for extreme consequences, follow after him—signaling a breakdown of counsel and a turn toward confrontation.