Shloka 42

और्वकृत-क्रोधाग्नि-निग्रहः

Aurva’s Containment of the Wrath-Fire

Devanagari script

ततो लालप्यमानस्य पार्थिवस्यायतेक्षणा । सौदामिनीव चाभ्रेषु तत्रैवान्तरधीयत,राजा संवरण उन्मत्तकी भाँति प्रलाप करते रह गये और वह विशाल नेत्रोंवाली सुन्दरी वहीं उनके सामने ही बादलोंमें बिजलीकी भाँति अन्तर्धान हो गयी

Transliteration

tato lālapyamānasya pārthivasyāyatekṣaṇā | saudāminīva cābhreṣu tatraivāntaradhīyata ||

Translation

ครั้นแล้วเมื่อพระราชายังพร่ำรำพันดุจผู้คลุ้มคลั่ง นางผู้มีดวงตากว้างก็อันตรธานไป ณ ที่นั้นเองต่อหน้าพระองค์ ประหนึ่งสายฟ้าที่วาบแล้วดับในหมู่เมฆ

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

लालप्यमानस्यof (him) being lamented/rambling (in speech)

पार्थिवस्यof the king

आयत-ईक्षणाthe long-eyed (lady)

सौदामिनीlightning

इवlike, as

चand

अभ्रेषुin the clouds

तत्रthere

एवindeed, just

अन्तर्धीयतdisappeared, vanished

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saṁvaraṇa (king)

Āyata-īkṣaṇā (the large-eyed maiden)

Saudāminī (lightning, as simile)

Abhra (clouds, as simile setting)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical need for restraint: when the mind is overwhelmed by longing and agitation, even a king loses steadiness, and what is extraordinary or auspicious may withdraw. Composure and self-governance are implied virtues for rulers and seekers alike.

What is happening in the narrative?

As King Saṁvaraṇa laments in a distraught manner, the large-eyed maiden disappears instantly before him, compared to lightning vanishing among clouds—marking a sudden separation and intensifying the king’s emotional turmoil.