Shloka 33
अध्याय १ — न्यग्रोधवनोपवेशनम् तथा द्रौणिनिश्चयः
Night at the Banyan and Drauṇi’s Resolve
क्रोधामर्षवशं प्राप्तो द्रोणपुत्रस्तु भारत | न वै सम स जगामाथ निद्रां सर्प इव श्वसन्
krodhāmarṣavaśaṃ prāpto droṇaputrastu bhārata | na vai saṃ sa jagāmātha nidrāṃ sarpa iva śvasan ||
सञ्जय उवाच—क्रोधामर्षवशं प्राप्तो द्रोणपुत्रस्तु भारत । न वै स जगामाथ निद्रां सर्प इव श्वसन् ॥ भूमौ शयानौ तौ दृष्ट्वा तस्य मनः क्षोभमगात्; क्रोधेन चामर्षेण च परीतः स निद्रां न लेभे, सर्प इव दीर्घोष्णं श्वासं मुमोच।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unrestrained anger (krodha) and wounded pride (amarṣa) disturb inner peace and cloud discernment, becoming the psychological seed of adharmic action. The verse highlights how a mind seized by resentment cannot rest and is prone to destructive choices.
Sañjaya describes Aśvatthāmā after seeing the exhausted warriors lying on the ground despite available luxuries. He becomes dominated by rage and humiliation and cannot sleep, breathing like a serpent—an ominous setup for the violent events of the Sauptika Parva.