Shloka 11
Arjuna Confronted by Saindhava Forces during the Aśvamedha Circuit (श्वेतवाहनस्य सैन्धवसंघर्षः)
चुक्रोध बलवच्चापि पाण्डवस्तस्य भूपते: । कार्यविघ्नमनुस्मृत्य पूर्ववैरं च भारत,भरतनन्दन! वज्रदत्तके कारण जो कार्यमें विघ्न पड़ रहा था, उसको तथा पहलेके वैरको याद करके पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुन उस राजापर अत्यन्त कुपित हो उठे
Vaiśampāyana uvāca |
Cukrodha balavaccāpi pāṇḍavas tasya bhūpateḥ |
Kārya-vighnam anusmṛtya pūrva-vairaṃ ca bhārata ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Remembering the obstruction that had been caused to his mission and recalling the former enmity, the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) became fiercely enraged with that king. The verse frames anger as arising from memory of injury and unresolved hostility, setting the ethical tension between righteous duty and the peril of wrath.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger is fueled by recollection of obstruction and past enmity; ethically, it warns that memory of injury can intensify conflict, so a dharmic agent must guard against wrath even while pursuing a rightful mission.
During the Ashvamedha-related events, Arjuna (the Pāṇḍava) confronts a king connected with hindering his task; remembering that interference and an earlier feud, he becomes intensely angry at the king.