Shloka 34

पाण्डवानां पाञ्चालगमनम्

The Pāṇḍavas’ Journey toward Pāñcāla and News of the Svayaṃvara

Devanagari script

कशाग्रदण्डाभिहता काल्यमाना ततस्ततः । क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा क्रोधं भूय एव समाददे,कोड़ोंके अग्रभाग और डंडोंसे मार-मारकर इधर-उधर हाँके जानेके कारण उसके नेत्र पहलेसे ही क्रोधके कारण रक्तवर्णके हो गये थे। फिर उसने और भी क्रोध धारण किया

Transliteration

kaśāgra-daṇḍābhihatā kālyamānā tatas tataḥ | krodha-raktekṣaṇā krodhaṃ bhūya eva samādade ||

Translation

कोड्यांच्या टोकांनी व दांड्यांनी मारत मारत तिला इकडे-तिकडे हाकले जात होते; क्रोधाने आधीच रक्तवर्ण झालेले तिचे डोळे अधिकच पेटले, आणि तिने पुन्हा प्रचंड क्रोध धारण केला।

Word by Word

कशाग्रदण्डाभिहताstruck with whips’ tips and sticks

काल्यमानाbeing driven/urged on

ततःthereupon/then

ततःfrom there/again (repeated)

क्रोधरक्तेक्षणाhaving eyes reddened by anger

क्रोधम्anger

भूयःagain, further, more

एवindeed, just

समाददेtook up/assumed

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

ग

गन्धर्व (Gandharva, speaker)

क

कशा (whip)

द

दण्ड (staff/rod)

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?

Coercion and harsh punishment tend to inflame krodha (anger) rather than pacify it; ethical restraint and measured conduct are implied as superior to humiliating force.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Gandharva describes a figure being beaten with whips and staffs and driven around; already anger-red-eyed, she becomes even more enraged, escalating the emotional tension of the episode.