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Shloka 203

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

क्रोधप्रदीप्तं त्वहितं महान्तं कुन्तीपुत्रं शमयिष्यामि भल्लै: । “तीखे दाढ़ोंवाले विषधर सर्पके समान दुर्धर्ष

krodhapradīptaṃ tv ahitaṃ mahāntaṃ kuntīputraṃ śamayīṣyāmi bhallaiḥ |

संजय ने कहा— “क्रोध से प्रज्वलित अपने महान् शत्रु कुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुन को मैं तीखे भल्लों से शान्त कर दूँगा। वह तीखे दाढ़ों वाले विषधर सर्प के समान दुर्धर्ष, अप्रमेय और अग्नि के समान प्रभावशाली है; फिर भी मैं भल्लों द्वारा उसे दबा दूँगा।”

क्रोधप्रदीप्तम्inflamed by anger
क्रोधप्रदीप्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रोध-प्रदीप्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अहितम्enemy
अहितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअहित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
महान्तम्great
महान्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कुन्तीपुत्रम्Kunti's son (Arjuna)
कुन्तीपुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुन्तीपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शमयिष्यामिI will pacify/quiet
शमयिष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootशम्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
भल्लैःwith sharp arrows (bhallas)
भल्लैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभल्ल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Kuntī
A
Arjuna
B
bhalla-arrows

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can frame even ‘pacification’ as destruction: in wartime rhetoric, to ‘calm’ an enemy may mean to overpower or kill. Ethically, it points to the peril of wrath-driven intent, where duty and hostility merge into a resolve that normalizes violence.

Sañjaya reports a warrior’s declaration about Arjuna: seeing him as a mighty, anger-blazing adversary, the speaker vows to subdue him using bhalla-arrows. It is a battlefield boast/resolve within the Karṇa Parva’s escalating confrontations.