अहो ऐश्वर्यमत्तानां मत्तानामिव मानिनाम् । असम्बद्धा गिरो रुक्षा: क: सहेतानुशासिता ॥ ३९ ॥
aho aiśvarya-mattānāṁ mattānām iva māninām asambaddhā giṛo rukṣāḥ kaḥ sahetānuśāsītā
- aho
- ah
- aiśvarya
- with their ruling power
- mattānām
- of those who are mad
- mattānām
- of those who are physically intoxicated
- iva
- as if
- māninām
- who are proud
- asambaddhāḥ
- incoherent and absurd
- giraḥ
- words
- rukṣāḥ
- harsh
- kaḥ
- who
- saheta
- can tolerate
- anuśāsītā
- commander
“Just see how these puffed-up Kurus are intoxicated with their so-called power, like ordinary drunken men! What actual ruler, with the power to command, would tolerate their foolish, nasty words?