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

เมื่อไม่อาจเห็นนางได้ที่ใดเลย พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐก็คร่ำครวญอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นเนิ่นนาน; แล้วถูกความโศกครอบงำจนสลบ และนอนนิ่งอยู่ชั่วครู่หนึ่ง

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.