Shloka 24

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

प्रज्वलन्निव वेगेन संरम्भाद्‌ रुधिरेक्षण:

Transliteration

prajvalann iva vegena saṁrambhād rudhirekṣaṇaḥ

Translation

संजय ने कहा—वेग से मानो प्रज्वलित होता हुआ, और क्रोधोन्माद से रक्तिम नेत्रों वाला वह आगे टूट पड़ा।

Word by Word

• प्रज्वलन्: blazing, flaming
• प्रज्वलन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

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

• वेगेन: with speed/impetus
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• संरम्भात्: from fury/impetuosity
• संरम्भात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संरम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• रुधिरेक्षणः: blood-eyed (having blood-red eyes)
• रुधिरेक्षणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिरेक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled fury (saṁrambha) manifests outwardly—speed, heat-like intensity, and bloodshot eyes—suggesting an ethical warning: in war, inner passions can overtake discernment, pushing action beyond dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior’s charged advance: he rushes with blazing intensity and blood-reddened eyes, conveying the immediate escalation of combat and the psychological state of battle-fury.