Shloka 6
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 181 — Svayaṃvara Aftermath: Arjuna–Karna Exchange and Bhīma–Śalya Contest
स तु शापवशं प्राप्त: क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षण: । निर्जगाम पुराद् राजा सहदार: परंतप:
sa tu śāpavaśaṃ prāptaḥ krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ | nirjagāma purād rājā sahadāraḥ paraṃtapaḥ ||
ശത്രുക്കൾക്ക് താപം വരുത്തുന്ന രാജാവ് കല്മാഷപാദൻ ശാപവശനായി, ക്രോധംകൊണ്ട് കലങ്ങിയ കണ്ണുകളോടെ, ഭാര്യയോടുകൂടെ നഗരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തേക്കു പുറപ്പെട്ടു।
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical danger of anger and the loss of agency under a curse: when inner restraint collapses, even a king is driven away from the ordered responsibilities of rulership, showing how moral disturbance leads to social and personal dislocation.
A Gandharva narrates that the king, now under the force of a curse and visibly overcome by wrath, departs from the city along with his wife—marking a turning point where the curse begins to shape his actions and fate.