Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अयःकणपचक्राश्मभुशुण्ड्युद्यतबाहव: । कृष्णपार्थो जिघांसन्त: क्रोधसम्मूर्छितीजस:,किन्हींके हाथमें लोहेकी गोली छोड़नेवाले यन्त्र (तोप, बंदूक आदि) थे और कुछ लोगोंने हाथोंमें चक्र, पत्थर एवं भुशुण्डी उठा रखी थी। क्रोधाग्निसे बढ़े हुए तेजवाले वे सब-के-सब श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनको मार डालना चाहते थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ayaḥkaṇapacakrāśmabhuśuṇḍyudyatabāhavaḥ | kṛṣṇapārtho jighāṃsantaḥ krodhasammūrchitaujasaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Con los brazos en alto, unos blandían artefactos que arrojaban perdigones de hierro; otros alzaban discos, piedras y armas bhūśuṇḍī. Su vigor, anegado e inflamado por la ira, los llevaba a todos a querer matar a Kṛṣṇa y a Pārtha (Arjuna).

Word by Word

अयःकणपचक्राश्मभुशुण्ड्युद्यतबाहवःhaving arms raised with iron-balls, cooking-vessels(?), discus, stones, and bhusuṇḍī weapons

कृष्णपार्थौKṛṣṇa and Pārtha (Arjuna)

जिघांसन्तःwishing to kill

क्रोधसम्मूर्छिततेजसःwhose vigor was maddened/overpowered by anger

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Pārtha (Arjuna)

cakra (disc weapon)

aśman (stone)

bhūśuṇḍī (weapon)

ayaḥ-kaṇa (iron pellets/shot)

ayaḥ-kaṇa-paca (pellet-hurling device/contrivance)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can overwhelm discernment and convert vigor (ojas) into destructive intent. Ethically, it warns that krodha-driven action tends toward adharma—violence pursued without restraint or right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A hostile group, armed with various missiles and weapons, raises their arms to strike and, in a fury, intends to kill Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (Pārtha). The narration emphasizes their weaponry and their anger-intoxicated aggression.