Shloka 11

Devanagari script

आत्तशस्त्रा रथगता: कुपितास्तात पाण्डवा: । निःशेषं व: करिष्यन्ति क्रुद्धा ह्ााशीविषा इव,तात! अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंको लेकर रथमें बैठे हुए पाण्डव कुपित होकर क़ुद्ध विषधर सर्पोकी भाँति आपके कुलका संहार कर डालेंगे

Transliteration

āttaśastrā rathagatāḥ kupitās tāta pāṇḍavāḥ | niḥśeṣaṃ vaḥ kariṣyanti kruddhā āśīviṣā iva, tāta ||

Translation

Duryodhana warned: “The Pāṇḍavas, armed and mounted upon their chariots, are inflamed with wrath. Like venomous serpents roused to fury, they will not cease until they have utterly destroyed your entire line.”

Word by Word

आत्तशस्त्राःhaving taken up weapons

रथगताःmounted in chariots

कुपिताःenraged

तातO dear (sir/son)

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

निःशेषम्entirely, without remainder

वःof you / your

करिष्यन्तिthey will do/make (i.e., will bring about)

क्रुद्धाःangered

आशीविषाःvenomous serpents

इवlike, as

तातO dear (sir/son)

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Pāṇḍavas

chariot (ratha)

weapons (astra/śastra)

venomous serpents (āśīviṣa)

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?

Unchecked anger and injustice invite catastrophic retaliation; fear-based counsel highlights consequences but does not replace dharmic resolution through restraint, restitution, and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana, speaking to an elder addressed as 'tāta', warns that the Pāṇḍavas are armed and furious and will annihilate the opposing clan completely, comparing them to enraged venomous snakes.