Shloka 20

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

त॑ं पन्नगमिव क्रुद्धं कुरुवीर: स्मयन्निव । प्रीतिपूर्व महाबाहु: प्राणैर्न व्यपरोपयत्‌,यद्यपि धृतवर्मा सर्पके समान क्रोधमें भरा हुआ था तो भी कुरुवीर महाबाहु अर्जुन प्रेमपूर्वक मुसकराते हुए युद्ध करते थे। उन्होंने उसके प्राण नहीं लिये

Transliteration

taṁ pannagam iva kruddhaṁ kuruvīraḥ smayann iva | prītipūrvaṁ mahābāhuḥ prāṇair na vyaparopayat ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Though Dhṛtavarmā was inflamed with anger like a serpent, the Kuru hero Arjuna—mighty-armed—fought on with a faint smile, moved by goodwill. Even in battle he did not take away his opponent’s life, showing restraint and a deliberate choice of mercy amid violence.

Word by Word

तम्him

पन्नगम्snake

इवlike/as

क्रुद्धम्angered

कुरुवीरःthe Kuru-hero (Arjuna)

स्मयन्smiling

इवas if

प्रीतिपूर्वम्affectionately; with goodwill

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed one

प्राणैःwith (his) life-breaths; life

नnot

व्यपरोपयत्he did not take away; he did not deprive (him) of

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtavarmā

Arjuna

Kuru (as lineage/epithet)

serpent (simile)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes