Shloka 23

Śalya Appointed as Karṇa’s Sārathi; Discourse on Praise, Blame, and Beneficial Counsel (कर्णस्य शल्यसारथ्यं तथा स्तवनिन्दाविचारः)

Devanagari script

कृतवर्मा तु संक्रुद्धों भित्त्वा षष्टया पतत्रिभि:

Transliteration

kṛtavarmā tu saṅkruddho bhittvā ṣaṣṭyā patatribhiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Enraged, Kṛtavarmā broke through with a volley of sixty arrows, pressing the attack forward in the fierce momentum of battle.

Word by Word

• कृतवर्मा: Kṛtavarmā
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged, highly angered
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध (कृदन्त; सम्+क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भित्त्वा: having pierced/broken through
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• षष्ट्या: with sixty
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• पतत्रिभिः: with arrows (lit. winged ones)
• पतत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• कृतवर्मा (Kṛtavarmā)
• पतत्रि (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (saṅkruddha) fuels decisive, forceful action in war; ethically, it points to the peril of wrath driving violence, even while depicting the expected martial intensity of a kṣatriya battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṛtavarmā, inflamed with anger, breaks through the opposing resistance by releasing sixty arrows, signaling an aggressive push in the ongoing combat.