Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 30

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

Book 9, Chapter 11

Devanagari script

तमापततन्तं पत्त्यश्वै: क्रुद्धो राजा युधिछिर:

Transliteration

tam āpatatantaṁ pattyaśvaiḥ kruddho rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing him rushing forward, King Yudhiṣṭhira—angered—advanced to meet him with his infantry and cavalry.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतन्तम्: rushing/falling upon (him)
• आपतन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (धातु: पत्/आपत्)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पत्त्यश्वैः: with foot-soldiers and horses
• पत्त्यश्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति + अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• infantry (patti)
• cavalry (aśva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a ruler devoted to dharma may be compelled, in a just war, to display controlled wrath and decisive action; the ethical challenge is to let anger serve duty rather than personal hatred.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that as an opponent charges in, Yudhiṣṭhira responds in anger by moving against him supported by infantry and cavalry, signaling an escalation in the immediate combat.