Shloka 16

Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)

Devanagari script

उत्पेतुरासनात्‌ सर्वे क्रोधसंरक्तलोचना: । बाहून्‌ प्रगृह्म रुचिरान्‌ रक्तचन्दनरूषितान्‌ । अड्डदैः पारिहार्यश्व केयूरैश् विभूषितान्‌

Transliteration

utpetur āsanāt sarve krodha-saṁrakta-locanāḥ | bāhūn pragṛhya rucirān rakta-candana-rūṣitān | aḍḍadaiḥ pārihāryaśva keyūraiś vibhūṣitān ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—କ୍ରୋଧରେ ରକ୍ତବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ନୟନ ହୋଇ ସେମାନେ ସମସ୍ତେ ଆସନରୁ ଉଛଳି ଉଠିଲେ। ରକ୍ତଚନ୍ଦନ ଲେପିତ ଏବଂ କେୟୂର ଆଦି ରାଜଚିହ୍ନ-ଭୂଷଣରେ ବିଭୂଷିତ ନିଜ ସୁନ୍ଦର ବାହୁ ଉଠାଇଲେ।

Word by Word

उत्पेतुःleapt up

आसनात्from the seat

सर्वेall

क्रोध-संरक्त-लोचनाःwhose eyes were reddened with anger

बाहून्arms

प्रगृह्यhaving raised / having seized

रुचिरान्beautiful

रक्त-चन्दन-रूषितान्smeared with red sandal-paste

अड्डदैःwith armlets/bracelets (a kind of ornament)

पारिहार्य-अश्व-केयूरैःwith excellent/choice horse-shaped armlets (a kind of keyūra)

विभूषितान्adorned

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

āsana (seats)

rakta-candana (red sandal paste)

keyūra (armlets)

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 visibly transforms people and can rapidly shift a deliberative setting into a posture of violence; ethically, it warns that unchecked wrath undermines wise counsel and hastens conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes members of the assembly abruptly rising from their seats in rage, lifting their ornamented arms—an outward display of agitation and readiness—signaling a tense moment where words may give way to force.