Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अमर्षसे जो संताप होता है, वह आगसे भी बढ़कर जलानेवाला है। जिससे संतप्त होकर मुझे न तो रातमें नींद आती है और न दिनमें

Transliteration

amarṣaḥ saṃtāpo yaḥ sa agner api vardhataro dāhakaḥ; yena saṃtaptasya mama na rātrau nidrā bhavati na ca divā.

Translation

ภีมเสนกล่าวว่า “ความเร่าร้อนที่เกิดจากความขุ่นเคืองนั้นเผาผลาญยิ่งกว่าไฟเสียอีก ถูกมันแผดเผาแล้ว ข้าหาได้นอนหลับในราตรีไม่ และกลางวันก็ไร้ความสงบ”

Word by Word

amṛṣasein/with (a state of) intolerance/anger

yaḥwhich/that

santāpaḥburning pain/torment

bhavatiis/occurs

saḥthat (torment)

agnayeto/than fire (as standard of comparison)

apieven/also

adhikaḥgreater, exceeding

dāhakaḥburner, that which burns

yenaby which

santaptaḥtormented, scorched

ahamI

nanot

rātrauat night

nidrāmsleep

labheI obtain/get

nanor/not

divāby day/in the daytime

caand

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Agni (fire)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Uncontrolled indignation (amarṣa) becomes a self-consuming fire: it punishes the one who bears it by destroying rest and clarity, implying the ethical need to govern anger even when one has been wronged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma voices his intense inner agitation during the forest-exile context, describing how the heat of resentment over wrongdoing leaves him sleepless at night and unsettled by day.