Shloka 44

और्वकृत-क्रोधाग्नि-निग्रहः

Aurva’s Containment of the Wrath-Fire

Devanagari script

अपश्यमान: स तु तां बहु तत्र विलप्य च । निश्वेष्ट: पार्थिवश्रेष्ठो मुहूर्त स व्यतिष्ठत,जब कहीं भी उसे देख न सके, तब वे नृपश्रेष्ठ वहाँ बहुत विलाप करते-करते मूर्च्छित हो दो घड़ीतक निश्रेष्ट पड़े रहे

Transliteration

apaśyamānaḥ sa tu tāṃ bahu tatra vilapya ca | niśceṣṭaḥ pārthivaśreṣṭho muhūrtaṃ sa vyatiṣṭhata ||

Translation

ఎక్కడా ఆమె కనబడకపోవడంతో ఆ నృపశ్రేష్ఠుడు అక్కడ ఎంతో విలపించి, శోకవశుడై మూర్ఛించి కొంతసేపు నిశ్చేష్టుడై పడి ఉన్నాడు.

Word by Word

अपश्यमानःnot seeing, failing to see

सःhe

तुbut, however

ताम्her

बहुmuch, greatly

तत्रthere

विलप्यhaving lamented, lamenting

चand

निश्वेष्टःmotionless, inert

पार्थिवश्रेष्ठःthe best of kings

मुहूर्तम्for a moment (a short time)

सःhe

व्यतिष्ठतstood still, remained

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

ग

गन्धर्व (Gandharva, the speaker)

प

पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ (the best of kings; unnamed here)

त

ताम् (a woman referred to as 'her'; unnamed here)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how intense attachment and sudden separation can overwhelm even the most powerful, reminding the listener that self-mastery and steadiness are ethical ideals, while grief is a natural human response that must be faced and integrated.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker (a Gandharva) describes a king searching for a woman; unable to find her, he laments repeatedly and then collapses into a faint, remaining motionless for a short time.