Shloka 6

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 181 — Svayaṃvara Aftermath: Arjuna–Karna Exchange and Bhīma–Śalya Contest

Devanagari script

स तु शापवशं प्राप्त: क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षण: । निर्जगाम पुराद्‌ राजा सहदार: परंतप:

Transliteration

sa tu śāpavaśaṃ prāptaḥ krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ | nirjagāma purād rājā sahadāraḥ paraṃtapaḥ ||

Translation

那位国王因诅咒之力所制，双目为怒火所蔽而动荡不宁，遂与王后一道走出城邑。迦尔摩沙波陀——令仇敌受苦者——在咒缚与嗔恚中离开了有序的王都生活。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शाप-वशम्: under the power of a curse
• Type: Noun
• Root: शापवश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तः: having come to / having fallen into
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोध-पर्याकुल-ईक्षणः: whose eyes were agitated by anger
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्जगाम: went out / departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरात्: from the city
• पुरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• दारैः: with (his) wife/wives
• दारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परंतपः: scorcher of foes (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• rājā (king, identified in context as Kalmāṣapāda)
• dārā (the king’s wife)
• pura (city)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of anger and the loss of agency under a curse: when inner restraint collapses, even a king is driven away from the ordered responsibilities of rulership, showing how moral disturbance leads to social and personal dislocation.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Gandharva narrates that the king, now under the force of a curse and visibly overcome by wrath, departs from the city along with his wife—marking a turning point where the curse begins to shape his actions and fate.