Shloka 11

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 186 — Drupada’s Summons and the Pāñcāla Reception

Devanagari script

अन्‍्ये तु वीरा नृपपुत्रपौत्रा: कृष्णागतैनेत्रमन:स्वभावै: । व्यायच्छमाना ददृशुर्न तान्‌ वै संदष्टदन्तच्छदताम्रनेत्रा:,दूसरे-दूसरे वीर राजा, राजकुमार एवं राजाओंके पौत्र अपने नेत्रों, मन और स्वभावको द्रौपदीकी ओर लगाकर उसीको देख रहे थे, अत: पाण्डवोंकी ओर उनकी दृष्टि नहीं गयी। वे जोशमें आकर दाँतोंसे ओठ चबा रहे थे और रोषसे उनकी आँखें लाल हो रही थीं

Transliteration

anye tu vīrā nṛpaputrapautrāḥ kṛṣṇāgatair netramanaḥsvabhāvaiḥ | vyāyacchamānā dadṛśur na tān vai saṃdaṣṭadantacchadatāmranetrāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: But other warriors—sons and grandsons of kings—having their eyes, minds, and very disposition drawn toward Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), kept looking at her and did not, in fact, notice them (the Pāṇḍavas). Fired with passion and anger, they bit their lips with clenched teeth, and their eyes turned red with wrath—showing how desire and resentment can eclipse discernment and right conduct.

Word by Word

अन्येothers

तुbut/indeed

वीराःheroes/warriors

नृपपुत्रपौत्राःkings’ sons and grandsons

कृष्णागतैःgone to Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), directed toward her

नेत्रमनःस्वभावैःwith (their) eyes, mind, and disposition

व्यायच्छमानाःdirecting/straining (toward)

ददृशुःthey saw

नnot

तान्them

वैindeed

संदष्टदन्तच्छदताम्रनेत्राःwhose lips were bitten by clenched teeth and whose eyes were red

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

sons and grandsons of kings (unnamed warriors)

Pāṇḍavas (implied by 'tān')

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 unchecked attraction and anger can seize the senses and mind, narrowing perception and weakening ethical restraint; discernment is lost when attention is ruled by passion and resentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the royal gathering, many princes and royal descendants become so fixated on Draupadī that they fail to notice the Pāṇḍavas; their lip-biting and reddened eyes signal rising jealousy and wrath.