Shloka 6

Agni’s Withdrawal to the Forest and Identification with Āṅgirasa (अग्न्याङ्गिरस-इतिहासः)

Devanagari script

कारुण्यादभिसंतप्त: पर्यशोचत तां द्विज: । अकार्य कृतवानस्मि रोषरागबलात्कृत:,उस बगुलीको अचेत एवं निष्प्राण होकर पड़ी देख ब्राह्मणका हृदय दयासे द्रवित हो उठा। उसे अपने इस कुकृत्यपर पश्चात्ताप हुआ। वह इस प्रकार शोक प्रकट करता हुआ बोला--“'ओह! आज क्रोध और आसक्तिके वशीभूत होकर मैंने यह अनुचित कार्य कर डाला'

Transliteration

kāruṇyād abhisaṃtaptāḥ paryaśocat tāṃ dvijaḥ | akāryaṃ kṛtavān asmi roṣa-rāga-balāt kṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Moved and scorched by compassion, the twice-born man lamented over her. Repenting, he grieved, saying, “Alas! Overpowered by the force of anger and attachment, I have done what ought not to be done.”

Word by Word

कारुण्यात्from compassion

अभिसंतप्तःdeeply distressed/afflicted

पर्यशोचत्lamented/grieved

ताम्her/that (female)

द्विजःthe brahmin

अकार्यंan improper act

कृतवान्has done/did

अस्मिI am

रोष-राग-बलात्from the force of anger and passion

कृतःdone/committed

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

dvija (brāhmaṇa)

tām (a woman referred to as 'her')

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 ethical self-scrutiny: actions driven by anger (roṣa) and attachment (rāga) lead to adharma (akārya), and true moral awareness appears as compassion and remorse, prompting repentance and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that a brāhmaṇa, seeing the woman lying lifeless, is overwhelmed with compassion and sorrow. He recognizes his deed as improper and confesses that it was committed under the compulsion of anger and attachment.