Shloka 42

Devanagari script

व्यवस्थित: सव्यसाची चुक्रोध बलवान्‌ नृप । धनंजयो रथानीकमभ्यवर्तत वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

vyavasthitaḥ savyasācī cukrodha balavān nṛpa | dhanañjayo rathānīkam abhyavartata vīryavān ||

Translation

संजय बोले—हे नृप! सव्यसाची अर्जुन ने स्वयं को स्थिर किया; क्रोध से उद्दीप्त होकर वह वीर धनंजय रथों की सेना पर टूट पड़ा।

Word by Word

• व्यवस्थितः: standing firm, stationed
• व्यवस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त, वि+अव+स्था)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सव्यसाची: Ambidextrous one (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चुक्रोध: became angry
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• बलवान्: mighty, strong
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथानीकम्: the chariot-division/array of chariots
• रथानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथानीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यवर्तत: advanced toward, attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (अभि+आ+वृत्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: valorous, powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Savyasācī, Dhanañjaya)
• rathānīka (chariot-division)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even intense emotions like anger, when disciplined and directed by kṣatriya-dharma, become resolve rather than reckless cruelty; the verse highlights controlled martial determination in the face of organized enemy force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, firmly set and enraged, advances to engage an enemy chariot-formation, signaling a decisive clash in the Karṇa Parva battle sequence.