Shloka 11

Devanagari script

आत्तशस्त्रा रथगता: कुपितास्तात पाण्डवा: । निःशेषं व: करिष्यन्ति क्रुद्धा ह्ााशीविषा इव

Transliteration

āttaśastrā rathagatāḥ kupitās tāta pāṇḍavāḥ | niḥśeṣaṃ vaḥ kariṣyanti kruddhā āśīviṣā iva, tāta ||

Translation

Duryodhana advirtió: «Los Pāṇḍava, armados y montados en sus carros, arden de ira. Como serpientes venenosas provocadas a la furia, no se detendrán hasta destruir por completo toda vuestra estirpe».

Word by Word

• आत्तशस्त्राः: having taken up weapons
• आत्तशस्त्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्त-शस्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथगताः: mounted in chariots
• रथगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ-गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुपिताः: enraged
• कुपिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तात: O dear (sir/son)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निःशेषम्: entirely, without remainder
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निःशेष

• वः: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do/make (i.e., will bring about)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धाः: angered
• क्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आशीविषाः: venomous serpents
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीविष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तात: O dear (sir/son)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas
• chariot (ratha)
• weapons (astra/śastra)
• venomous serpents (āśīviṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked anger and injustice invite catastrophic retaliation; fear-based counsel highlights consequences but does not replace dharmic resolution through restraint, restitution, and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana, speaking to an elder addressed as 'tāta', warns that the Pāṇḍavas are armed and furious and will annihilate the opposing clan completely, comparing them to enraged venomous snakes.