Shloka 3

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

सक्रोधामर्षजिद्दय भ्रू: कषघायीकृतलोचन: । ऐश्वर्यमदसम्पन्नो द्रोणं राजाब्रवीदिदम्‌,क्रोध और अमर्षसे उनकी भौंहें टेढ़ी हो गयीं, आँखोंमें लाली छा गयी; धन और ऐश्वर्यके मदसे उन्मत्त होकर वे राजा द्रोणसे यों बोले

Transliteration

sa krodhāmarṣa-jid-darpaḥ kaṣāyīkṛta-locanaḥ | aiśvarya-mada-sampanno droṇaṃ rājābravīd idam ||

Translation

क्रोध व अपमानाच्या ज्वाळेने त्याच्या भुवया वाकड्या झाल्या, डोळे लाल झाले; ऐश्वर्याच्या मदाने उन्मत्त होऊन राजाने द्रोणाला असे म्हटले.

Word by Word

सक्रोधwith anger, angry

अमर्षजित्overcome by indignation / having conquered patience (i.e., impatient)

भ्रूःeyebrow

कषघायीकृतलोचनःwhose eyes were made reddish (bloodshot)

ऐश्वर्यमदसम्पन्नःendowed with the intoxication of power/sovereignty

द्रोणम्Drona (to Drona)

राजाthe king

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

इदम्this (speech/words)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Droṇa

the king (rājā)

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 anger (krodha), resentment (amarṣa), and pride (darpa), intensified by the intoxication of power and wealth (aiśvarya-mada), cloud perception and lead rulers toward ethically compromised speech and action—an implicit warning for governance aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the king’s visible transformation—furrowed brows and reddened eyes—showing his agitation. In that state, he turns to Droṇa and begins to speak, introducing a consequential exchange shaped by the king’s emotional and political intoxication.