Shloka 723

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

कृतवर्माणमभित: प्रजज्वाल सुदारुणा | और शीघ्र ही उसे अपने रथसे कृतवर्मके रथपर चला दिया। भीमसेनके हाथोंसे छूटी हुई, केंचुलसे निकले हुए सर्पके समान वह भयंकर शक्ति कृतवर्मके समीप जाकर प्रज्वलित हो उठी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kṛtavarmāṇam abhitaḥ prajajvāla sudāruṇā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: A terribly fierce, blazing missile flared up all around Kṛtavarmā. Hurled from Bhīmasena’s hand and swiftly driven from his chariot toward Kṛtavarmā’s chariot, it blazed near him like a dreadful serpent slipping out of its slough—an image that underscores how, in war, wrath once released becomes hard to restrain and threatens to consume its target without discrimination.

Word by Word

कृतवर्माणम्Kṛtavarman (as object)

अभितःaround, on all sides

प्रजज्वालblazed forth, flared up

सुदारुणाvery dreadful (fem.)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛtavarmā

Bhīmasena

śakti (missile/weapon)

chariot (ratha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes