Shloka 30

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

अविध्यत्‌ तावसम्भ्रान्तो माद्रीपुत्र: प्रतापवान्‌

Transliteration

avidhyat tāv asambhrānto mādrīputraḥ pratāpavān

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the valiant son of Mādrī, unshaken and self-possessed amid the turmoil of battle, struck his opponent. The line underscores the warrior’s steadiness of mind as an ethical ideal in war—acting with controlled resolve rather than panic.

Word by Word

• अविध्यत्: struck, pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

• तावक: your man; one of your side
• तावक: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सम्भ्रान्तः: confused, agitated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भ्रान्त (सम् + भ्रम्)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• माद्रीपुत्रः: the son of Madri (Nakula/Sahadeva)
• माद्रीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādrī
• Mādrīputra (Nakula/Sahadeva)