Shloka 2
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama
Draupadī Episode
वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञो वै नाहं भवितुमुत्सहे । अनिस्तीर्णो हि मां रोषो देहेदग्निरिवारणिम्
Ūrva uvāca | vṛthā-roṣa-pratijño vai nāhaṃ bhavitum utsahe | anistīrṇo hi māṃ roṣo dehed agnir ivāraṇim ||
Ūrva dit : «Je ne puis me résoudre à devenir celui dont la colère et le vœu se révèlent vains. Si mon courroux n’est pas mené jusqu’au terme voulu, cette fureur inassouvie me consumera—comme le feu consume le bois d’araṇi.»
ऑर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
A vow and the emotion driving it (here, wrath) must be governed by discernment; otherwise, unspent anger turns inward and becomes self-destructive—like fire consuming its own fuel.
Ūrva declares that he cannot accept being someone whose pledged wrath becomes ineffective; if his anger is not brought to completion, it will burn him from within, compared to fire consuming araṇi-wood.