Shloka 366

Devanagari script

आत्तकार्मुकनिस्त्रिंशा: कृष्णपार्थो प्रदुद्र॒व॒ु: । मित्र देवता जिसके किनारोंपर छुरे लगे हुए थे, वह चक्र लेकर खड़े हो गये। महाराज! पूषा, भग और क्रोधमें भरे हुए सविता धनुष और तलवार लेकर श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: āttakārmuka-nistriṁśāḥ kṛṣṇa-pārtho pradudruvuḥ | mitrā devatā yasya kināreṣu churāḥ lagāḥ te cakraṁ gṛhītvā sthitāḥ | mahārāja! pūṣā bhagaḥ ca krodha-bharitaḥ savitā ca dhanuḥ khaḍgaṁ ca gṛhītvā śrīkṛṣṇārjunayoḥ upari abhyapatat ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Armed with bows and swords, Kṛṣṇa and Pārtha (Arjuna) rushed forward. Mitra, taking up his discus whose rim was set with blades, stood ready. O King, Pūṣan, Bhaga, and Savitṛ—filled with wrath—seized bow and sword and fell upon Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. The scene underscores how anger can drive even revered divine powers into violent confrontation, setting dharma to be tested amid escalating hostility.

Word by Word

आत्तhaving taken, seized

कार्मुकbow

निस्त्रिंशाःswords

कृष्णKrishna

पार्थःPartha (Arjuna)

प्रदुद्रवुःran forth, rushed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Mitra

Pūṣan

Bhaga

Savitṛ

cakra (bladed discus)

bow (kārmuka/dhanuḥ)

sword (nistriṁśa/khaḍga)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) can overwhelm discernment and provoke even exalted beings into aggression; dharma is tested when power is driven by wrath rather than restraint and right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna surge forward armed, while Mitra readies a bladed discus; Pūṣan, Bhaga, and Savitṛ, enraged, take up weapons and attack Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, intensifying the confrontation.