Shloka 28
Devanagari script
ततो युधिष्ठटिरो राजा कुपितो राजसत्तम
Transliteration
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā kupito rājasattama
Translation
Sañjaya sprach: Da wandte sich König Yudhiṣṭhira, vom Zorn ergriffen, an den vornehmsten der Könige—ein Zeichen, dass selbst ein dharma-gesinnter Herrscher durch den Druck und die Provokationen des Krieges aufgewühlt wird.
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
FormAvyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
कुपितःangered
कुपितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकुपित
FormMasculine, nominative, singular (past passive participle from √कुप्)
राजसत्तमO best of kings
राजसत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootराजसत्तम
FormMasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaY
YudhiṣṭhiraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even a ruler committed to dharma can be provoked into anger in the crucible of war; the epic highlights how ethical leadership is tested when grief, urgency, and battlefield pressures intensify.
Sañjaya narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira becomes angry and begins to address a figure called 'rājasattama' (“best of kings”), marking a transition into a charged exchange within the Drona Parva war narrative.