Shloka 406

Devanagari script

प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्ध: पाण्डवं प्रति सौबल: । यह देख सुबलपुत्र क्रोधभे जल उठा। अबकी बार उसने उठी हुई कालरात्रिके समान एक महाभयंकर शक्ति सहदेवको लक्ष्य करके चलायी

Transliteration

preṣayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ prati saubalaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Enraged, the son of Subala (Śakuni) hurled his weapon toward the Pāṇḍava. The scene underscores how wrath, once unrestrained, drives a warrior to ever more dreadful acts—seeking victory not through discernment but through destructive escalation on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• प्रेषयामास: sent/shot forth
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष् (प्रेषयति)
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (लिट्, परोक्षभूत), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध (कृध् धातु से, कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Sahadeva)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards/against
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• सौबलः: the son of Subala (Shakuni)
• सौबलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakuni (Saubala, son of Subala)
• Pāṇḍava(s)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) clouds judgment and pushes one toward increasingly harmful choices; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such rage-driven action is a sign of moral decline amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Śakuni, furious, launches a weapon toward a Pāṇḍava, marking a moment of intensified hostility in the Shalya Parva battle sequence.