द्रोणस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा त्रिगर्ताधिपतिस् ततः ॥
भ्रातृभिः सहितो राजन्न् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
वयं विनिकृता राजन् सदा गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥
अनागःस्व् अपि चागस्कृद् अस्मासु भरतर्षभ ॥
ते वयं स्मरमाणास् तान् विनिकारान् पृथग्विधान् ॥
क्रोधाग्निना दह्यमाना न शेमहि सदा निशाः ॥
droṇasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā trigartādhipatis tataḥ ||
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito rājann idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
vayaṃ vinikṛtā rājan sadā gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ||
anāgaḥsv api cāgaskṛd asmāsu bharatarṣabha ||
te vayaṃ smaramāṇās tān vinikārān pṛthagvidhān ||
krodhāgninā dahyamānā na śemahi sadā niśāḥ ||
Having heard Drona's word, the king of Trigarta [Sushaman], together with his brothers, O king, spoke this speech: "We are forever wronged, O king, by the wielder of the Gandiva [Arjuna]; though we are innocent, he does us harm, O lord of the Bharatas. And so we, bearing in mind those insults of every kind, consumed by the flame of fury, never know sleep by night."
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The Trigartas nurse an old grievance: "bearing in mind the insults, consumed by the flame of fury, we know no sleep." Here the nature of resentment is exposed: it burns the one who holds it, robbing him of peace, and the aggrieved becomes a prisoner of his own grievance. Telling is their claim "though innocent" — a self-justification typical of the resentful, who see themselves as victims. The verse teaches that an unreleased grievance is a fire that scorches its bearer above all; that resentment steals sleep and peace, turning life into ceaseless torment; and that enmity nursed for years seeks only an occasion to pour itself out — and so readily attaches itself to any unjust cause.