Shloka 10

कुन्ती द्वारा ब्राह्मण-सेवा

Kuntī’s Regulated Hospitality to a Brāhmaṇa Guest

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ प्रवत्ते संग्रामे घोरे रुधिरकर्दमे । धूम्राक्ष; कपिसैन्यं तद्‌ द्रावयामास पत्रिभि:,उस घोर संग्राममें धरतीपर रक्तकी कीच जम गयी थी। इसी समय धूम्राक्ष अपने बाणोंसे उस वानरसेनाको खदेड़ने लगा

Transliteration

tasmin pravṛtte saṅgrāme ghore rudhirakardame | dhūmrākṣaḥ kapisainyaṃ tad drāvayāmāsa patribhiḥ ||

Translation

Als jene schreckliche Schlacht entbrannt war und der Boden zu einem Morast aus Blut geworden war, trieb Dhūmrākṣa, indem er einen Pfeilhagel niedergehen ließ, das Affenheer in die Flucht.

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that (situation/place/time)

प्रवत्तेhaving begun / in progress

संग्रामेin the battle

घोरेterrible

रुधिरकर्दमेin the blood-mire (mud of blood)

धूम्राक्षःDhūmrākṣa (the one with smoky eyes)

कपिसैन्यम्the monkey-army

तत्that (same)

द्रावयामासmade (them) run; drove away

पत्रिभिःwith arrows

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)

ध

धूम्राक्ष (Dhūmrākṣa)

क

कपिसैन्य / वानरसेना (monkey-host)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral cost of warfare: when conflict escalates without restraint, it degrades the world into a ‘mire of blood.’ Valor and power, if not governed by dharma, become instruments of widespread suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the fierce battle begins and the battlefield becomes blood-soaked, Dhūmrākṣa attacks with volleys of arrows and routs the monkey-army, forcing them to retreat.