Shloka 27

Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira

Book 9, Chapter 11

Devanagari script

आविष्ट इव मद्रेशो मन्‍्युना पौरुषेण च | प्राच्छादयदरीन्‌ संख्ये कालसृष्ट इवान्तक:

Transliteration

āviṣṭa iva madreśo manyunā pauruṣeṇa ca | prācchādayad arīn saṅkhye kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The lord of Madra, as if possessed—fired by wrath and manly prowess—overwhelmed the enemy ranks in the battle, like Death itself unleashed by Time.

Word by Word

• आविष्टः: possessed, seized
• आविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु) → आविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मद्रेशः: the lord of Madra (Shalya)
• मद्रेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्युना: with wrath
• मन्युना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पौरुषेण: with manliness/valor
• पौरुषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्राच्छादयत्: covered, enveloped
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छाद् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अरीन्: enemies
• अरीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कालसृष्टः: sent/created by Time
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालसृष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अन्तकः: Death, the destroyer
• अन्तकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Madreśa (Śalya)
• enemies (arayaḥ)
• Kāla (Time)
• Antaka (Death)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked anger and martial pride can make a warrior appear like an impersonal force of destruction—suggesting the ethical tension in war between valor and the dehumanizing momentum of fate (kāla) and death (antaka).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the Madra king Śalya in the thick of combat, seemingly seized by fury and valor, as he presses and overwhelms opposing warriors, compared to Death released by Time.