Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ततो भारत क्रुद्धेन तव पुत्रेण धन्विना । पाण्डुपुत्रस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्वक्षस्थभिहतो बली,भारत! उस समय कुपित हुए आपके धनुर्धर पुत्रने अपने तीन बाणोंद्वारा बलवान्‌ पाण्डुपुत्र सहदेवकी छातीमें गहरा आघात किया

Transliteration

tato bhārata kruddhena tava putreṇa dhanvinā | pāṇḍuputras tribhir bāṇair vakṣasthābhihato balī ||

Translation

Then, O Bharata, your son—the archer—angered in battle, struck the mighty son of Pandu, Sahadeva, on the chest with three arrows.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

भारतO Bharata

क्रुद्धेनby the enraged (one)

तवof you, your

पुत्रेणby (your) son

धन्विनाby the archer

पाण्डु-पुत्रःthe son of Pāṇḍu

त्रिभिःwith three

बाणैःwith arrows

वक्षः-स्थःstanding/placed on the chest (i.e., in the chest region)

अभिहतःstruck, smitten

बलीmighty, strong

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'Bhārata' and 'your son')

tava putra (a Kaurava prince; unspecified here)

Sahadeva (implied as the Pāṇḍuputra in the given Hindi gloss)

arrows (bāṇa)

bow/archery (dhanvin)

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 krodha (anger) as a force that escalates harm: even within the accepted framework of battlefield duty, wrath intensifies aggression and clouds restraint, reminding readers that inner passions shape outer actions and their moral weight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son, an archer, becomes enraged and shoots the Pāṇḍava Sahadeva, striking him in the chest with three arrows during the fighting.