Shloka 27

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

अमर्षितस्तु हार्दिक्य: प्रविष्टे श्वेतवाहने । विधुन्वन्‌ सशरं चाप॑ पाञ्चाल्याभ्यां समागत:,श्वेतवाहन अर्जुनके व्यूहमें प्रवेश कर जानेपर कृतवर्माको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ। वह बाणसहित धनुषको हिलाता हुआ पांचालराजकुमार युधामन्यु और उत्तमौजासे भिड़ गया

Transliteration

amarṣitas tu hārdikyaḥ praviṣṭe śvetavāhane | vidhunvan saśaraṃ cāpaṃ pāñcālyābhyāṃ samāgataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Enraged at heart, Hārdikya (Kṛtavarmā), when Śvetavāhana (Arjuna) had entered the battle-formation, shook his bow already fitted with arrows and closed in to engage the two Pāñcāla warriors. The verse highlights how, amid the pressure of war, anger quickly turns into direct confrontation, testing restraint and righteous conduct on the battlefield.

Word by Word

अमर्षितःenraged, intolerant

तुbut, indeed

हार्दिक्यःHārdikya (Kṛtavarman)

प्रविष्टेwhen (he) had entered; upon entering

श्वेतवाहनेin/when the white-horsed one (Arjuna)

विधुन्वन्shaking, brandishing

सशरम्together with arrows

चापम्bow

पाञ्चाल्याभ्याम्with the two Pāñcālas (Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā)

समागतःmet, engaged, came together (in combat)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Hārdikya (Kṛtavarmā)

Śvetavāhana (Arjuna)

Pāñcāla warriors (Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā, implied by context)

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 underscores how anger (amarṣa/krodha) can rapidly drive action in war; it implicitly warns that even in a kṣatriya context, inner restraint and adherence to dharma are continually tested when pride and frustration arise.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Arjuna (Śvetavāhana) penetrates the enemy formation, Kṛtavarmā (Hārdikya) becomes furious, brandishes his bow with arrows ready, and moves to engage the two Pāñcāla fighters (understood in context as Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā).