Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अपनीतशल्य: सुभृशं हृच्छल्याभिनिपीडित: । सो<ब्रवीदभ्रातरौ राजा माद्रीपुत्रो महारथौ,वहाँ उनके शरीरसे बाण निकाल दिये गये तो भी हृदयमें जो अपमानका काँटा गड़ गया था, उससे वे अत्यन्त पीड़ित हो रहे थे। उस समय राजा दोनों भाई माद्रीकुमार महारथी नकुल-सहदेवसे इस प्रकार बोले--

Transliteration

saṁjaya uvāca |

apanītaśalyaḥ subhṛśaṁ hṛcchalyābhinipīḍitaḥ |

so 'bravīd bhrātarau rājā mādrīputrau mahārathau ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Aunque le habían extraído las puntas de flecha del cuerpo, el rey seguía atormentado con crudeza por la espina clavada en su corazón: el aguijón de la humillación. En tal estado, se dirigió a los dos hermanos, los grandes guerreros de carro Nakula y Sahadeva, hijos de Madri.

Word by Word

अपनीतशल्यःwhose dart/arrow had been removed

सुभृशम्exceedingly, very much

हृच्छल्याभिनिपीडितःoppressed by the thorn/dart in the heart

सःhe

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

भ्रातरौthe two brothers

राजाthe king

माद्रीपुत्रःMadri's son

महारथौthe two great chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Yudhisthira

Madri

Nakula

Sahadeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts physical injury with inner injury: even when external wounds are treated, the ethical and emotional wound of dishonor can continue to torment a person. It highlights the Mahabharata’s concern with the moral-psychological costs of war and the duty of a king to address such inner turmoil with right speech and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

After missiles are removed from the king’s body, he remains deeply distressed due to a sense of insult. He then turns to address the two Madri-born brothers, Nakula and Sahadeva, both renowned warriors.