Shloka 11

Devanagari script

भृशं क्रुद्धश्न तेजस्वी नाराचेन समार्पयत्‌ चित्रसेनं महाराज तव पुत्रं महायशा:,नरेश्वर! महायशस्वी और तेजस्वी भीमसेन अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए थे। उन्होंने आपके पुत्र चित्रसेनपर एक नाराचके द्वारा प्रहार किया

Transliteration

bhṛśaṁ kruddhaś ca tejasvī nārācena samārpayat | citrasenaṁ mahārāja tava putraṁ mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Greatly enraged yet radiant with prowess, the illustrious Bhīmasena struck your son Citrasena, O King, with a nārāca arrow.

Word by Word

भृशम्excessively, greatly

क्रुद्धःangry

तेजस्वीradiant, powerful

नाराचेनwith an iron arrow (nārāca)

समार्पयत्he struck/aimed, he delivered (a blow)

चित्रसेनम्Chitrasena

महाराजO great king

तवof you, your

पुत्रम्son

महायशाःhighly renowned

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhīmasena

Citrasena

nārāca (arrow)

Character 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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical strain of righteous warfare: even a famed hero, driven by intense anger, must act within the harsh framework of kṣatriya-duty, where personal emotion and moral cost coexist with battlefield obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, burning with anger, attacks Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Citrasena by shooting him with a nārāca arrow, marking a sharp escalation in the combat.