Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अवधूयोत्थितो मन्द: क्रोधसंरक्तलोचन: । अन्वद्रवन्त त॑ पश्चाद्‌ राजानस्त्यक्तजीविता:,वह मूर्ख क्रोधसे लाल आँखें किये उन सबकी अवहेलना करके सभासे उठकर चला गया। उसीके पीछे अन्य राजा भी अपने जीवनका मोह छोड़कर सभासे उठकर चल दिये

Transliteration

avadhūyotthito mandaḥ krodha-saṃrakta-locanaḥ | anvadravanta taṃ paścād rājānas tyakta-jīvitāḥ ||

Translation

ဉာဏ်မိုက်သူသည် မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြု၍ ထရပ်ကာ၊ ဒေါသကြောင့် မျက်လုံးနီရဲလျက် အစည်းအဝေးခန်းမှ ထွက်ခွာသွားသည်။ သူ့နောက်တွင် ဘုရင်တို့လည်း မိမိအသက်ကိုပင် စွန့်လွှတ်သကဲ့သို့ လိုက်ထွက်သွားကြပြီး—အေးချမ်းသော အကြံဉာဏ်ကြောင့်မဟုတ်ဘဲ ဒေါသနှင့် ပဋိပက္ခ၏ လှိုင်းလုံးကြောင့် ဆွဲခေါ်ခံရသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်လေသည်။

Word by Word

अवधूयhaving shaken off / having disregarded

उत्थितःrisen / stood up

मन्दःthe dull-witted one / fool

क्रोध-संरक्त-लोचनःwhose eyes were reddened with anger

अन्वद्रवन्ran after / followed

तम्him

पश्चात्afterwards / behind

राजानःkings

त्यक्त-जीविताःthose who had abandoned attachment to life / life-risking

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva, the Wind-god) as speaker

र

राजानः (kings)

स

सभā (assembly; implied by context)

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 and contempt can override discernment: a leader’s wrathful exit becomes contagious, drawing others into reckless, life-disregarding action. Ethically, it warns that abandoning calm deliberation in an assembly leads to escalation and adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A foolish, anger-blinded man rises and storms out of the assembly in disdain. The kings, stirred up and ready for extreme consequences, follow after him—signaling a breakdown of counsel and a turn toward confrontation.