Shloka 47

Devanagari script

त एनमभिगर्जन्तं सहिता: समुपाद्रवन्‌ । नानाशस्त्रसृज: क्रुद्धा भर्त्सयन्तो मुहुर्मुहु:

Transliteration

ta enam abhigarjantaṃ sahitāḥ samupādravan | nānāśastrasṛjaḥ kruddhā bhartsayanto muhur muhuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “As he roared aloud, they—moving together as a united body—rushed upon him. Enraged, hurling many kinds of weapons, they repeatedly assailed him with harsh taunts.”

Word by Word

तेthey

एनम्him

अभिगर्जन्तम्roaring at/against (them), shouting

सहिता:together, united

समुपाद्रवन्ran up (towards), rushed

नानाvarious, many kinds of

शस्त्रweapons

सृजःhurlers, those who discharge (weapons)

क्रुद्धाःangry

भर्त्सयन्तःrebuking, taunting

मुहुःagain and again, repeatedly

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

weapons (śastra)

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?

The verse highlights how anger and group momentum intensify violence: when warriors act in a crowd, taunting and repeated aggression can replace self-restraint, reminding readers that ethical control (dama) is hardest precisely amid provocation and battle-fury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya narrates that as a particular warrior roars in challenge, opposing fighters collectively charge him, angrily throwing diverse weapons and repeatedly reviling him—depicting a sudden, coordinated surge of attack in the battlefield scene.