Shloka 30

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधन: क्रुद्धः शरै:ः संनतपर्वभि:

Transliteration

tato duryodhanaḥ kruddhaḥ śaraiḥ sannatapārṇabhiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Duryodhana, inflamed with anger, attacked with arrows whose shafts were well-bent and firmly set—wrath taking disciplined, weaponized form amid the moral collapse of war.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable)

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त: क्रुद्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्

• संनतपर्वभिः: having bent joints/knots (i.e., well-jointed)
• संनतपर्वभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनतपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) can seize a warrior’s mind and drive action; even when expressed through skill and discipline (well-prepared arrows), anger tends to narrow ethical vision and intensify the destructiveness of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana becomes enraged and responds by launching an attack with a volley of well-prepared arrows, signaling an escalation in the battle’s ferocity.