Shloka 17

Dyūta-doṣa-prakāśana — Kṛṣṇa’s Critique of Gambling and the Exile Crisis

Devanagari script

ततो5हमपि कौरव्य रोषव्याकुलमानस: । निश्चित्य मनसा राजन्‌ वधायास्य मनो दधे,कुरुनन्दन! तब मेरा मन भी रोषसे व्याकुल हो उठा। राजन्‌! फिर मन-ही-मन कुछ निश्चय करके मैंने शाल्वके वधका विचार किया

Transliteration

tato ’ham api kauravya roṣa-vyākula-mānasaḥ | niścitya manasā rājan vadhāyāsya mano dadhe ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ കൗരവവംശജനേ! എന്റെ മനസ്സും കോപത്തിൽ കലങ്ങി. രാജാവേ, ഉള്ളിൽ തന്നെ നിശ്ചയിച്ച് ഞാൻ അവന്റെ വധം ചെയ്യുവാൻ മനസ്സുറപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

ततःthen/from there

अहम्I

अपिalso/even

कौरव्यO descendant of Kuru

रोष-व्याकुल-मानसःone whose mind is agitated by anger

निश्चित्यhaving ascertained/decided

मनसाwith the mind

राजन्O king

वधायfor killing/slaying

अस्यof him/this (person)

मनःmind/intent

दधेI placed/formed (I resolved)

कुरुनन्दनO delight of the Kurus

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Kauravya (a Kuru-descendant addressee)

Rājan (the King addressed)

the intended target (asya—unnamed in the Sanskrit line; contextually identified in the provided Hindi as Śālva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights controlled resolve: anger arises in response to wrongdoing, but action is taken only after inner determination. Ethically, it frames punishment/force as purposeful and deliberate rather than impulsive.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa says that his mind became stirred with anger; then, after deciding internally, he fixed his intention on killing the offender (identified in the supplied context as Śālva), indicating a move from emotional disturbance to decisive, duty-bound action.