Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अमर्षितस्तु हार्दिक्य: प्रविष्टे श्वेतवाहने । विधुन्वन्‌ सशरं चाप॑ पाञ्चाल्याभ्यां समागत:,श्वेतवाहन अर्जुनके व्यूहमें प्रवेश कर जानेपर कृतवर्माको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ। वह बाणसहित धनुषको हिलाता हुआ पांचालराजकुमार युधामन्यु और उत्तमौजासे भिड़ गया

Transliteration

amarṣitas tu hārdikyaḥ praviṣṭe śvetavāhane | vidhunvan saśaraṃ cāpaṃ pāñcālyābhyāṃ samāgataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: When Śvetavāhana (Arjuna) entered the battle-formation, Hārdikya (Kṛtavarmā), wrathful at heart, shook his bow already fitted with arrows and closed in to engage the two Pāñcāla warriors.

Word by Word

• अमर्षितः: enraged, intolerant
• अमर्षितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षित (अमर्ष + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• हार्दिक्यः: Hārdikya (Kṛtavarman)
• हार्दिक्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार्दिक्य (कृतवर्मन्-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रविष्टे: when (he) had entered; upon entering
• प्रविष्टे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रविष्ट (प्र + विश् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्वेतवाहने: in/when the white-horsed one (Arjuna)
• श्वेतवाहने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विधुन्वन्: shaking, brandishing
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धुन् (धातु: धुन्)
• Form: Present (participle), Singular

• सशरम्: together with arrows
• सशरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पाञ्चाल्याभ्याम्: with the two Pāñcālas (Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā)
• पाञ्चाल्याभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य (पाञ्चाल-सम्बन्धिन्)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• समागतः: met, engaged, came together (in combat)
• Type: Verb
• Root: समागत (सम् + आ + गम् + क्त)
• Form: Past (perfective participle), Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Hārdikya (Kṛtavarmā)
• Śvetavāhana (Arjuna)
• Pāñcāla warriors (Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how anger (amarṣa/krodha) can rapidly drive action in war; it implicitly warns that even in a kṣatriya context, inner restraint and adherence to dharma are continually tested when pride and frustration arise.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Arjuna (Śvetavāhana) penetrates the enemy formation, Kṛtavarmā (Hārdikya) becomes furious, brandishes his bow with arrows ready, and moves to engage the two Pāñcāla fighters (understood in context as Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā).