Shloka 55

Devanagari script

वैराटि: समरे क्रुद्धों भूशमायम्य कार्मुकम्‌

Transliteration

vairāṭiḥ samare kruddho bhūśam āyamya kārmukam

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: En lo más recio del combate, el hijo de Virāṭa, encendido de ira, tensó con fuerza su arco, dispuesto a asestar el golpe.

Word by Word

• वैराटिः: the son of Virāṭa / Virāṭa’s (prince)
• वैराटिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराटि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूशमायम्य: having restrained/controlled (his) fury
• भूशमायम्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भूशम + आ + √यम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vairāṭi (son of Virāṭa)
• kārmuka (bow)
• samara (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies martial action: in war, wrath can quickly translate into decisive, potentially reckless violence. It implicitly cautions that emotional agitation can drive escalation and obscure discernment, even within a warrior’s duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a Virāṭa-line warrior, enraged in the midst of combat, draws his bowstring strongly—signaling imminent attack and a heightened turn in the fighting.