Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अथान्यैर्बहुभिर्भल्लै: शिरांस्पेषामपातयत्‌ । रोषसंरक्तनेत्राणि संदष्टौष्ठानि भूतले

Transliteration

athānyair bahubhir bhallaiḥ śirāṃs teṣām apātayat | roṣa-saṃrakta-netrāṇi saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhāni bhūtale ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Lalu dengan banyak panah bhalla yang lebar, ia merobohkan kepala-kepala mereka; jatuh ke tanah dengan mata memerah oleh amarah dan bibir terkatup rapat tergigit gigi.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अन्यैः: with other (ones)
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बहुभिः: with many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भल्लैः: with arrows (bhalla-shafts)
• भल्लैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शिरांसि: heads
• शिरांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• एषाम्: of these (men)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अपातयत्: caused to fall; felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतति) / पातयति (णिच्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (ṇic)

• रोष-संरक्त-नेत्राणि: having eyes reddened with anger
• रोष-संरक्त-नेत्राणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोष + संरक्त + नेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• संदष्ट-ओष्ठानि: with lips clenched/bitten
• संदष्ट-ओष्ठानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संदष्ट (सम्+दंश्, क्त) + ओष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भल्ल (bhalla arrows)
• शिरस् (heads)
• भूतल (the ground/earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dehumanizing force of uncontrolled wrath in warfare: rage manifests physically (reddened eyes, clenched lips) and culminates in brutal outcomes. It implicitly warns that anger, once dominant, eclipses discernment and compassion even amid duty-bound combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior (contextually, the combatant being narrated) using many bhalla-arrows to cut down opponents so that their heads fall to the earth, depicted with vivid signs of fury—red eyes and tightly clenched lips.