Shloka 44

Devanagari script

क्लिश्यमानेषु सैन्येषु वध्यमानेषु राजसु । अमर्षवशमापतन्ना: पजचला विमुखा5भवन्‌,जब इस प्रकार सेनाएँ कष्ट पाने लगीं तब बहुत-से नरेश कालके गालमें जाने लगे, तब अमर्षमें भरे हुए पांचाल युद्धसे विमुख हो गये

Transliteration

kliśyamāneṣu sainyeṣu vadhyamāneṣu rājasu | amarṣavaśam āpannāḥ pāñcālā vimukhābhavan ||

Translation

ಸೈನ್ಯಗಳು ಕಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟು ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮತ್ತು ಅನೇಕ ರಾಜರು ಹತರಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಅವಮಾನಭಾವ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಆವರಿತರಾದ ಪಾಂಚಾಲರು ಯುದ್ಧದಿಂದ ವಿಮುಖರಾದರು.

Word by Word

क्लिश्यमानेषुwhen (they were) being afflicted/suffering

सैन्येषुin the armies

वध्यमानेषुwhen (they were) being slain

राजसुamong the kings

अमर्षवशम्under the sway of indignation

आपतन्fell into / came under

पाञ्चालाःthe Panchalas

विमुखाःturned away / averse

अभवन्became

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa

Pāñcālas

kings (rājas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how amarṣa (wounded pride/indignation) can overpower judgment in war: even renowned warriors may abandon their role when emotions dominate, showing the ethical tension between kṣatriya duty and reactive anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa describes a battlefield turning point: as the fighting intensifies, armies suffer and many kings are killed; in that pressure, the Pāñcālas, seized by indignation, become averse to continuing and turn away from combat.