Shloka 10
Irāvān-nidhana-anantaraṃ Ghaṭotkaca-nādaḥ
After Irāvān’s fall: Ghaṭotkaca’s roar and the clash with Duryodhana
सर्वेषां चैव भूतानामिदमासीन्मनोगतम् । त्रीललोकानद्य संक्रुद्धो नृपो5यं धक्ष्यतीति वै
sarveṣāṃ caiva bhūtānām idam āsīn manogataṃ | trīl lokān adya saṃkruddho nṛpo 'yaṃ dhakṣyatīti vai ||
ఆ సమయంలో సమస్త ప్రాణుల మనస్సుల్లో ఈ ఆలోచన కలిగింది—ఈ రాజు నేడు క్రోధంతో ఉప్పొంగి త్రిలోకాలను దహించివేస్తాడని నిశ్చయం.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral danger of uncontrolled anger in a powerful person: when a king loses restraint, people fear not merely political harm but a collapse of order itself, symbolized as the burning of the three worlds. It implicitly upholds kṣānti (forbearance) and self-mastery as essential to dharma, especially for rulers.
Sañjaya reports the collective reaction of beings observing the situation: everyone’s mind turns to the same fearful conclusion that the king—understood in context as Yudhiṣṭhira—has become so enraged that he might, as it were, destroy the entire cosmos. It is a hyperbolic expression of the intensity of his wrath and the awe it inspires.