Shloka 30

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

सोडतिविद्धो भृशं क्रुद्ध: पदाक्रान्त इवोरग:

Transliteration

soḍatividdho bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ padākrānta ivoragaḥ

Translation

Tertusuk parah oleh tombak, ia pun murka dengan dahsyat—laksana ular yang terinjak kaki.

Word by Word

• शोणितविद्धः: pierced (and) bloodied
• शोणितविद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोणित-विद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भृशम्: excessively, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पदाक्रान्तः: trodden underfoot
• पदाक्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद-आक्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• उरगः: a serpent
• उरगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• soḍati (spear/javelin)
• serpent (uraga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how injury and humiliation can rapidly ignite wrath, making a person dangerous like a trampled serpent; ethically, it warns that unchecked anger in war multiplies harm and drives retaliatory violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior who, though struck by a spear, becomes intensely furious, compared to a snake stepped on—signaling an imminent, fierce counterattack in the ongoing battle.