Shloka 28

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

तस्य क्रुद्ध: कृपो राजन्‌ शक्ति चिक्षेप दारुणाम्‌

Transliteration

tasya kruddhaḥ kṛpo rājan śaktiṃ cikṣepa dāruṇām

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、彼に対して怒りに燃えたクリパは、恐るべきシャクティ（śakti）の武器を投げ放った――それは戦場の道義の闇をいっそう深める行いであり、憤怒がたびたび自制を踏みにじり、義務がますます致命的な手段によって追い求められてゆくのだ。」

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• शक्तिम्: a spear/javelin
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• चिक्षेप: threw
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), third, singular

• दारुणाम्: terrible, fierce
• दारुणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• śakti (weapon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) drives warriors to extreme actions, suggesting an ethical warning: when wrath governs judgment, violence escalates and dharma becomes harder to discern and uphold amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛpa, enraged at his opponent, throws a dreadful śakti weapon, marking a sharp escalation in the combat described in this section of Droṇa Parva.