Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तथैव मारयामास विनर्दन्तमरिंदमम्‌ | फिर तो शत्रुदमन उत्तमौजाके भी कण्ठ और छातीको बलपूर्वक पैरसे दबाकर उसने उसी प्रकार पशुकी तरह मार डाला। वह बेचारा भी चीखता-चिल्लाता रह गया था ।। ३५६ || युधामन्युश्न सम्प्राप्तो मत्वा तं रक्षसा हतम्‌

Transliteration

tathaiva mārayāmāsa vinardantam arindamam | yudhāmanyuś ca samprāpto matvā taṁ rakṣasā hatam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the same ruthless manner, he killed the foe-subduing warrior even as he cried out in agony. Then Yudhāmanyu arrived, believing him to have been slain by a rākṣasa-like assailant. The scene underscores the moral collapse of nocturnal slaughter—where valor and fair combat are replaced by brute force and terror.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

एवindeed, just

मारयामासcaused to be killed / killed

विनर्दन्तम्roaring, crying aloud

अरिंदमम्enemy-subduer (epithet)

युधामन्युःYudhāmanyu (proper name)

सम्प्राप्तःhaving arrived

मत्वाhaving thought/considered

तम्him

रक्षसाby a rākṣasa/demon

हतम्killed, slain

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhāmanyu

arindama (the slain enemy-subduer, unnamed here)

rakṣasa (demon/rākṣasa as a descriptor of the killer or manner)

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 highlights the ethical degradation of warfare when killing is done through terror and brute force rather than open combat; it frames the act as rākṣasa-like, signaling adharma and the loss of kṣatriya restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

A warrior described as 'arindama' is slain while crying out; immediately after, Yudhāmanyu arrives and assumes the victim has been killed by a rākṣasa-like attacker, reflecting the horror and confusion of the nocturnal slaughter.