Shloka 3

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

बने द्रष्टं ययु: पार्थान्‌ क्रोधामर्षसमन्विता: । गर्हयन्तो धार्तराष्ट्रानू कि कुर्म इति चाब्रुवन्‌,पांचालराजकुमार धृष्टद्युम्न, चेदिराज धृष्टकेतु तथा महापराक्रमी लोकविख्यात केकयराजकुमार सभी भाई क्रोध और अमर्षमें भरकर धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रोंकी निन्दा करते हुए कुन्तीकुमारोंसे मिलनेके लिये वनमें गये और आपसमें इस प्रकार कहने लगे, “हमें क्या करना चाहिये”

Transliteration

vane draṣṭuṁ yayuḥ pārthān krodhāmarṣa-samanvitāḥ | garhayanto dhārtarāṣṭrān kiṁ kurma iti cābruvan ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Punô ng galit at sugatang dangal, nagtungo sila sa gubat upang makita ang mga anak ni Pṛthā. Habang kinokondena ang mga anak ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra, nag-usap-usap sila: “Ano ang dapat nating gawin ngayon?”

Word by Word

वनेin the forest

द्रष्टुम्to see/meet

ययुःthey went

पार्थान्the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)

क्रोधामर्षसमन्विताःendowed with anger and indignation

गर्हयन्तःcensuring/blaming

धार्तराष्ट्रान्the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)

किम्what

कुर्मःshall we do / do we do

इतिthus

चand

अब्रुवन्they said

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)

Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)

Vana (forest)

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 a dharmic pivot: even when anger and indignation arise from perceived injustice, the proper response is to seek wise counsel and right action (“What should we do?”) rather than acting blindly from rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Allies/supporters, stirred by anger at the Dhṛtarāṣṭras’ conduct, go to the forest to meet the Pāṇḍavas and deliberate on the next course of action, signaling the build-up of counsel and alliance around the exiled brothers.