Shloka 30
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
Devanagari script
सोडतिविद्धो भृशं क्रुद्ध: पदाक्रान्त इवोरग:
Transliteration
soḍatividdho bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ padākrānta ivoragaḥ
Translation
サञ्जयは言った。「槍に貫かれながらも、彼は激しく憤った――足に踏みつけられた蛇のごとく。痛みはたちまち危険な報復の怒りへと変わり、戦場の道義の乱れのただ中で燃え上がった。」
Word by Word
शोणितविद्धःpierced (and) bloodied
शोणितविद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशोणित-विद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भृशम्excessively, greatly
भृशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम्
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुध्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पदाक्रान्तःtrodden underfoot
पदाक्रान्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपद-आक्रान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उरगःa serpent
उरगः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउरग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaS
soḍati (spear/javelin)S
serpent (uraga)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how injury and humiliation can rapidly ignite wrath, making a person dangerous like a trampled serpent; ethically, it warns that unchecked anger in war multiplies harm and drives retaliatory violence.
Sañjaya describes a warrior who, though struck by a spear, becomes intensely furious, compared to a snake stepped on—signaling an imminent, fierce counterattack in the ongoing battle.