Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कुलिन्दास्तड्भणाम्बष्ठा: पैशाचाश्न सबर्बरा: । पर्वतीयाश्न राजेन्द्र क़ुद्धा: पाषाणपाणय:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

kulindās taṅgaṇā ambaṣṭhāḥ paiśācāś ca barbarāḥ |

parvatīyāś ca rājendra kruddhāḥ pāṣāṇapāṇayaḥ |

abhyadravan śaineyaṃ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、クリンダ族、タンガナ族、アンバシュタ族、パイシャーチャ族、蛮族、そして山岳の諸部族は—怒りに燃え、手に石を握って—シャイネーヤ（サーティヤキ）へと殺到した。まるで蛾が燃えさかる火に身を投げるように。」

Word by Word

• कुलिन्दाः: Kulinda people/warriors
• कुलिन्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलिन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तङ्गणाः: Tangana people/warriors
• तङ्गणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तङ्गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अम्बष्ठाः: Ambashtha people/warriors
• अम्बष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पैशाचाः: Pishacha-like (tribes/warriors)
• पैशाचाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैशाच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बर्बराः: barbarian tribes/warriors
• बर्बराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्बर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्वतीयाः: mountain(-dwelling) (warriors)
• पर्वतीयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वतीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्रुद्धाः: enraged
• क्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाषाणपाणयः: having stones in their hands
• पाषाणपाणयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाषाणपाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्यद्रवन्त: ran towards/charged at
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शैनेयम्: the son of Shini (Satyaki)
• शैनेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शलभाः: moths/locusts
• शलभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शलभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पावकम्: fire
• पावकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājendra)
• Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• Kulinda
• Taṅgaṇa
• Ambaṣṭha
• Paiśāca
• Barbara
• Parvatīya (mountain tribes)
• stones (pāṣāṇa)
• fire (pāvaka)
• moths (śalabha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and blind aggression can drive people into self-destructive action—like moths rushing into fire—suggesting an ethical warning against wrathful, unreflective violence in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that various tribes and mountain fighters, enraged and even wielding stones, charge together at Śaineya (Sātyaki), compared poetically to moths darting into flames.