Shloka 14

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

स कोपपावकस्तस्य शोकवायुसमीरित: । भीमसेनमयं दावं दिधक्षुरिव दृश्यते,शोकरूपी वायुसे बढ़ी हुई उनकी क्रोधमयी अग्नि ऐसी दिखायी दे रही थी, मानो वह भीमसेनरूपी वनको जलाकर भस्म कर देना चाहती हो

Transliteration

sa kopapāvakastasya śokavāyusamīritaḥ | bhīmasenamayaṃ dāvaṃ didhakṣuriva dṛśyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: His wrath, like a blazing fire, fanned by the wind of grief, appeared as though it wished to set ablaze and reduce to ashes the very forest embodied by Bhīmasena. The verse underscores how sorrow can intensify anger into a destructive force, threatening to consume even one’s own allies and moral restraint.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (fire)

कोपपावकःthe fire of anger

तस्यof him/of that

शोकवायुसमीरितःfanned/stirred by the wind of grief

भीमसेनमयम्consisting of Bhimasena / made of Bhimasena

दावम्forest-conflagration; wildfire

दिधक्षुःwishing to burn

इवas if/like

दृश्यतेis seen/appears

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīmasena

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes