Shloka 513

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

अमर्षी बलवान क्रुद्धो दिधक्षन्निव पावक: । फिर क्रोध एवं अमर्षमें भरे हुए बलवान्‌ भीमसेनने जलानेकी इच्छावाले अग्निदेवके समान भयंकर बाणोंकी वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी

Transliteration

amarṣī balavān kruddho didhakṣann iva pāvakaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Overcome by indignation and blazing with wrath, the mighty warrior—like a fire seeking to consume—began to unleash a terrifying shower of arrows. The verse underscores how anger, when joined with wounded pride, turns martial strength into a consuming force that threatens to burn away restraint and right judgment amid the chaos of war.

Word by Word

• अमर्षी: resentful, intolerant (of insult)
• अमर्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलवान्: strong, mighty
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिधक्षन्: wishing to burn / about to burn
• दिधक्षन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present (Shatru), Parasmaipada

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पावकः: fire (Agni)
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāvaka (Agni, fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how indignation and anger can make even legitimate strength destructive—like fire that seeks fuel—warning that wrath in battle easily overwhelms restraint and ethical discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a powerful warrior, inflamed with resentment and rage, beginning a fierce barrage of arrows, compared to a fire intent on burning everything before it.