Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तस्य क्रुद्धस्य राजेन्द्र वपुर्दीप्तमदृश्यत । अन्तकस्येव भूतानि जिहीर्षो: कालपर्यये,राजेन्द्र! जैसे प्रलयकालमें समस्त प्राणियोंके संहारकी इच्छावाले यमराजका तेजोमय शरीर प्रज्वलित हो उठता है, उसी प्रकार वहाँ देखा गया कि क्रोधसे भरे हुए अश्वत्थामाका शरीर तमतमा उठा है

Transliteration

tasya kruddhasya rājendra vapur dīptam adṛśyata | antakasyeva bhūtāni jihīrṣoḥ kāla-paryaye ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O best of kings, the body of that wrathful one was seen blazing. As, at the turning of Time in the age of dissolution, the radiant form of Yama—desiring to seize away all beings—flares up, so too did his form, inflamed by anger, appear there.”

Word by Word

तस्यof him

क्रुद्धस्यof the enraged (one)

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

वपुःbody, form

दीप्तम्blazing, radiant

अदृश्यतwas seen, appeared

अन्तकस्यof Death (Yama)

इवlike, as if

भूतानिbeings, creatures

जिहीर्षोःof one wishing to take away (destroy)

कालपर्ययेat the time of cosmic dissolution

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājendra)

Aśvatthāman (implied by context: 'that wrathful one')

Antaka/Yama (Death)

Kāla (Time)

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?

Unrestrained anger is portrayed as a force akin to cosmic destruction: it dehumanizes the warrior and aligns him with Death (Antaka), warning that wrath in war easily slips from righteous combat into annihilating intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the terrifying appearance of the enraged Aśvatthāman: his body seems to blaze, compared to Yama’s radiant form at the end-time when Death seeks to seize all beings.