Shloka 35

Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira

Book 9, Chapter 11

Devanagari script

कृतवर्मा कृपश्चैव संक्रुद्धाव भ्यधावताम्‌ । उलूकश्च महावीर्य: शकुनिश्चापि सौबल:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

kṛtavarmā kṛpaś caiva saṅkruddhāv abhyadhāvatām |

ulūkaś ca mahāvīryaḥ śakuniś cāpi saubalaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Von Zorn entbrannt stürmten Kṛtavarmā und Kṛpa heran. Mit ihnen kamen der mächtige Ulūka und Śakuni, Sohn des Subala, um Śalya zu schützen, der von Kuntīs Söhnen von allen Seiten bedrängt wurde. Die Szene zeigt, wie in der Glut des Krieges Treue zum Feldherrn und Pflicht zur eigenen Partei jedes Zögern übertönen und selbst erfahrene Kämpfer in eskalierende Gewalt ziehen.

Word by Word

• कृतवर्मा: Kritavarman
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• संक्रुद्धौ: both enraged
• संक्रुद्धौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अभ्यधावताम्: ran towards (they two ran up)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धाव्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Dual

• उलूकः: Uluka
• उलूकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महावीर्यः: of great prowess
• महावीर्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सौबलः: son of Subala (Saubala)
• सौबलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛtavarmā
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• Ulūka
• Śakuni (Saubala, son of Subala)
• Śalya
• Kuntī
• Kuntī’s sons (the Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and factional loyalty propel warriors into action; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such impulses can fulfill kṣatriya obligations yet also intensify adharma-like outcomes by feeding cycles of retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya is being surrounded by Kuntī’s sons (the Pāṇḍavas). Seeing him pressed from all sides, Kṛtavarmā and Kṛpa, angered, rush to the battlefield, joined by the mighty Ulūka and Śakuni (son of Subala), to support and protect Śalya.