Shloka 74

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

उत्सृज्य कार्मुक॑ राजन गाड़ेय: क्रोधमूर्च्छित:

Transliteration

utsṛjya kārmukaṁ rājan gāḍeyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: O König, Gāḍeya, dessen Geist von einem Schwall des Zorns überwältigt war, warf seinen Bogen von sich.

Word by Word

• उत्सृज्य: having cast away / abandoning
• उत्सृज्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावार्थ (non-finite)

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गाङ्गेयः: Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma)
• गाङ्गेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाङ्गेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोध-मूर्च्छितः: faint/overpowered with anger
• क्रोध-मूर्च्छितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधमूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Gāḍeya
• kārmuka (bow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger can overpower judgment and disrupt proper conduct; even in war, discipline and clarity are implied as essential, whereas wrath leads to loss of composure and right action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the warrior Gāḍeya, seized by anger, throws aside his bow—an outward sign of being emotionally overwhelmed in the midst of the battlefield events.