Shloka 13

सत्यभामया द्रौपद्याश्वासनम्

Satyabhāmā’s Consolation of Draupadī

Devanagari script

अथास्य शैलशिखरं केशी क्रुद्धो व्यवासृजत्‌ । तदा पतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य शैलशूजं शतक्रतु:

Transliteration

athāsya śailaśikharaṃ keśī kruddho vyavāsṛjat | tadā patantaṃ samprekṣya śailaśṛṅgaṃ śatakratuḥ ||

Translation

ครั้งนั้น เคศีผู้เดือดดาลได้ขว้างยอดเขาใส่เขา ครั้นเห็นศิลาแหลมคมนั้นพุ่งตกลงมา ศตกรตุ (อินทรา) ก็ทอดพระเนตรด้วยความหวั่นวิตก

Word by Word

अथthen

अस्यof him/this (his)

शैलmountain

शिखरम्peak/summit

केशीKeśī (name)

क्रुद्धःangry

व्यवासृजत्threw/cast down

तदाthen/at that time

पतन्तम्falling

सम्प्रेक्ष्यhaving seen

शैलmountain

शूजम्mass/heap (of rock); (reading uncertain)

शतक्रतुःŚatakratu (Indra)

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Keśī

Śatakratu (Indra)

śailaśikhara (mountain peak)

śailaśṛṅga (rocky crag)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can drive one to disproportionate, destructive action; such loss of restraint becomes ethically suspect and draws the attention of higher powers, implying the need for self-control even amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Keśī, in fury, throws a mountain-peak at his opponent; as the massive rock falls, Indra (Śatakratu) observes the dangerous turn of events.