Shloka 16

Adhyāya 129 — Public Acclaim of the Pāṇḍavas and Duryodhana’s Appeal to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

निहन्यादपि तं वीर॑ जातमन्यु: सुयोधन: । तेन मे व्याकुलं चित्त हृदयं दहुतीव च,“अतः सम्भव है, वह क्रोधमें वीर भीमसेनको धोखा देकर मार भी डाले। इसी चिन्तासे मेरा चित्त व्याकुल हो उठा है, हृदय दग्ध-सा हो रहा है”

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: nihanyād api taṃ vīraṃ jātamanyuḥ suyodhanaḥ | tena me vyākulaṃ cittaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahutīva ca ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—కొత్తగా రగిలిన కోపంతో ఉన్న సుయోధనుడు (దుర్యోధనుడు) ఆ వీరుణ్ని చంపివేయగలడు కూడా. అందువల్ల నా మనస్సు వ్యాకులమైంది; నా హృదయం దగ్ధమవుతున్నట్లుగా ఉంది.

Word by Word

निहन्यात्might kill

अपिeven/also

तम्him

वीरम्the hero/brave one

जात-मन्युःwhose anger has arisen; enraged

सुयोधनःSuyodhana (Duryodhana)

तेनby that/therefore

मेmy/of me

व्याकुलम्agitated, distressed

चित्तम्mind

हृदयम्heart

दहतिburns

इवas if/like

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) can override restraint and dharma, making even a powerful person capable of extreme wrongdoing; such moral danger naturally causes distress to those who foresee its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports an anxious thought: Duryodhana, newly inflamed with anger, may go so far as to kill a heroic figure; this fear makes the speaker’s mind restless and the heart feel burning with worry.