Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततो दुःशासन: क्रुद्धो वृष्णिवीराय गच्छते

Transliteration

tato duḥśāsanaḥ kruddho vṛṣṇivīrāya gacchate

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Duḥśāsana, inflamed with anger, advanced toward the Vṛṣṇi hero—his wrath driving him to confront the famed warrior amid the moral collapse of fratricidal war.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/ततः = then, thereafter)

• दुःशासनः: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) → क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वृष्णिवीराय: to the Vrishni hero (Krishna)
• वृष्णिवीराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गच्छते: goes, proceeds
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Vṛṣṇi hero (Vṛṣṇivīra, commonly understood as Sātyaki)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked anger (krodha) propels one into reckless confrontation and deepens adharma; in the Mahābhārata’s war narrative, rage repeatedly becomes the immediate cause of violent escalation and moral blindness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duḥśāsana, enraged, moves to engage a prominent warrior of the Vṛṣṇi clan—signaling a direct clash as the battle intensifies.