Shloka 50

Devanagari script

घटोत्कचेन क्रुद्धेन गदा हेमाड़दा तदा

Transliteration

ghaṭotkacena kruddhena gadā hemāḍḍā tadā

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, Ghaṭotkaca—enraged—wielded his mace, richly adorned with gold. The line underscores how wrath on the battlefield immediately turns into forceful action, intensifying the cycle of violence that war unleashes.

Word by Word

• घटोत्कचेन: by Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्रुद्धेन: being enraged / by the enraged (one)
• क्रुद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गदा: mace
• गदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हेमाङ्गदा: gold-adorned (mace)
• हेमाङ्गदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमाङ्गदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ghaṭotkaca
• gadā (mace)
• hema (gold)