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

કેટલાંકએ લોખંડની ગોળીઓ ફેંકનારા યંત્રો ઉઠાવ્યા હતા, અને કેટલાંકએ ચક્ર, પથ્થર તથા ભૂશુણ્ડી શસ્ત્રો ધારણ કર્યા હતા. ક્રોધથી મત્ત થયેલા તેજ સાથે તેઓ સૌ શ્રીકૃષ્ણ અને પાર્થને મારવા ઇચ્છતા હતા.

Word by Word

• अयःकणपचक्राश्मभुशुण्ड्युद्यतबाहवः: having arms raised with iron-balls, cooking-vessels(?), discus, stones, and bhusuṇḍī weapons
• अयःकणपचक्राश्मभुशुण्ड्युद्यतबाहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यतबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृष्णपार्थौ: Kṛṣṇa and Pārtha (Arjuna)
• कृष्णपार्थौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• जिघांसन्तः: wishing to kill
• जिघांसन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (desiderative: जिघांस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रोधसम्मूर्छिततेजसः: whose vigor was maddened/overpowered by anger
• क्रोधसम्मूर्छिततेजसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधसम्मूर्छिततेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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)

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.