Shloka 11

Arjuna Confronted by Saindhava Forces during the Aśvamedha Circuit (श्वेतवाहनस्य सैन्धवसंघर्षः)

Devanagari script

चुक्रोध बलवच्चापि पाण्डवस्तस्य भूपते: । कार्यविघ्नमनुस्मृत्य पूर्ववैरं च भारत

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

Cukrodha balavaccāpi pāṇḍavas tasya bhūpateḥ |

Kārya-vighnam anusmṛtya pūrva-vairaṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Als er sich der Behinderung seines Auftrags erinnerte und die frühere Feindschaft wieder vor Augen hatte, geriet der Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) in heftigen Zorn gegen jenen König.

Word by Word

• चुक्रोध: became angry
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलवत्: strongly, intensely (lit. powerful)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him, his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भूपतेः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कार्य: the task, the work
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विघ्नम्: obstacle, hindrance
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुस्मृत्य: having remembered, recalling
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्मृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Active

• पूर्व: former, previous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वैरम्: enmity, hostility
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतनन्दन: O descendant/delighter of Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)
• the king (bhūpati)
• Bhārata (Janamejaya, as addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger is fueled by recollection of obstruction and past enmity; ethically, it warns that memory of injury can intensify conflict, so a dharmic agent must guard against wrath even while pursuing a rightful mission.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Ashvamedha-related events, Arjuna (the Pāṇḍava) confronts a king connected with hindering his task; remembering that interference and an earlier feud, he becomes intensely angry at the king.