Shloka 30

Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure

Devanagari script

ते हया: पुरुषव्याप्र चोदिता वातरंहस:

Transliteration

te hayāḥ puruṣavyāghrā coditā vātaraṁhasaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Those horses—urged on by the tiger-like men—sped forward with the swiftness of the wind, driving the action onward in the grim momentum of the night’s violence.

Word by Word

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हयाः: horses
• हयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• पुरुषव्याघ्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• चोदिताः: urged / driven
• चोदिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb (past passive participle)
• Root: चुद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वातरंहसः: swift as the wind
• वातरंहसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातरंहस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• horses

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how human resolve and command can propel instruments of war with unstoppable speed—an image that, in the Sauptika context, underscores the ethical danger of violence gaining momentum once set in motion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes horses being spurred by heroic warriors; they surge ahead as fast as the wind, indicating rapid movement as the night-time events of the Sauptika Parva unfold.