Shloka 86

Devanagari script

अनाय>्जछिसतेत्येतांक्षित्रसेनो5त्यमर्षण: | यह सुनकर गन्धर्वराज चित्रसेनको बड़ा अमर्ष हुआ। उन्होंने कौरवोंको लक्ष्य करके समस्त गन्धर्वोको आज्ञा दी, “अरे! इन दुष्टोंका दमन करो”

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: anājñacchīṣate ity etāṃ citraseno ’tyamarṣaṇaḥ | etac chrutvā gandharvarājaḥ citrasenaḥ mahān amarṣaḥ samapadyata; sa kauravān uddiśya sarvān gandharvān ājñāpayām āsa—“are, etān duṣṭān damayata” iti |

Translation

‘हा आज्ञा मानत नाही’—हे शब्द ऐकताच अपमान न सहन करणाऱ्या गंधर्वराज चित्रसेनाला प्रचंड क्रोध आला। कौरवांकडे लक्ष देऊन त्याने सर्व गंधर्वांना आज्ञा केली—“अरे! या दुष्टांचे दमन करा, यांना वश करा।”

Word by Word

अनायासेनwithout effort, easily

छिद्यतेis cut / can be cut

इतिthus

एताम्this (her/it) (acc.)

क्षित्रसेनःChitrasena (name of the Gandharva king)

अत्यमर्षणःvery intolerant / greatly angered

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Citraseṇa

Gandharvas

Kauravas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disrespect for rightful authority and arrogant misconduct (duṣṭatā) invite immediate moral and social correction; indignation here functions as a response to adharma, leading to restraint of the offenders.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing a remark implying disobedience, the Gandharva king Citraseṇa becomes enraged and orders the Gandharvas to subdue the Kauravas, setting up the ensuing confrontation.