Shloka 10

Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

तथा गजानां कदन॑ कुर्वाणमनिलात्मजम्‌ । क्रुद्धों दुर्योधनो5भयेत्य प्रत्यविध्यच्छितै: शरै:,इस प्रकार गजसेनाका संहार करते हुए पवनपुत्र भीमसेनके पास आकर क्रोधमें भरे हुए दुर्योधनने उन्हें पैने बाणोंसे बींध डाला

Transliteration

tathā gajānāṁ kadanaṁ kurvāṇam anilātmajam | kruddho duryodhano 'bhyetya pratyavidhyac chitaḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。そのとき、風神の子ビーマセーナが象軍を屠り立てていたところへ、怒りに燃えるドゥルヨーダナが駆け寄って対峙し、鋭い矢で彼を射貫いた。

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

गजानाम्of the elephants

कदनम्slaughter, destruction

कुर्वाणम्doing, making

अनिलात्मजम्the son of the Wind (Bhima)

क्रुद्धःangry

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

अभ्येत्यhaving approached

प्रत्यविध्यत्pierced, struck

शितैःsharp

शरैःwith arrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Anila/Vāyu (Wind-god)

Duryodhana

Elephants (gaja)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies conflict: even amid a broader battle, personal rage drives Duryodhana to close in directly on Bhīma, showing the ethical danger of wrath overriding restraint and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma is cutting down the elephant forces on the battlefield. Seeing this, Duryodhana, enraged, advances toward Bhīma and wounds him by shooting him with sharp arrows.