Shloka 33

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

भूरिश्रवास्तु संक्रुद्ध: प्रतोद॑ चिच्छिदे हरे:,भूरिश्रवाने कुपित होकर श्रीकृष्णका चाबुक काट डाला और अर्जुनको तिहत्तर बाणोंसे गहरी चोट पहुँचायी

Transliteration

bhūriśravās tu saṅkruddhaḥ pratodaṃ cicchide hareḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Diliputi amarah, Bhūriśravā menebas cambuk Hari (Śrī Kṛṣṇa); lalu ia menghantam Arjuna dengan hujan tujuh puluh tiga anak panah yang tajam.

Word by Word

• भूरिश्रवाः: Bhūrishravas
• भूरिश्रवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश्रवस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतोदम्: whip/goad
• प्रतोदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतोद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चिच्छिदे: cut/broke
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हरेः: of Hari (Krishna)
• हरेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भूरिश्रवा (Bhūriśravā)
• हरि / श्रीकृष्ण (Hari / Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• प्रतोद (whip/goad)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) drives a warrior to target even the charioteer’s instruments, escalating conflict beyond immediate combat aims; it implicitly warns that loss of restraint in war can blur ethical boundaries and intensify harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhūriśravā, furious, cuts Kṛṣṇa’s whip (the charioteer’s goad) and then attacks Arjuna with a heavy shower of arrows, increasing the ferocity of the engagement.