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Shloka 27

अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्

Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley

एवमुक्‍क्त्वानदद्‌ राजन पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । सौभद्रमभ्ययात्‌ क्रुद्ध: शरवर्षरवाकिरन्‌,महाराज! ऐसा कहकर आपका पुत्र दुःशासन जोर-जोरसे गर्जना करने लगा। वह क्रोधमें भरकर सुभद्राकुमारपर बाणोंकी वर्षा करता हुआ उसके सामने गया

evam uktvā nadad rājān putro duḥśāsanas tava | saubhadram abhyayāt kruddhaḥ śaravarṣa-ravākiran ||

サञ्जयは言った。「大王よ、そう言い終えると、汝の子ドゥフシャーサナは大音声に咆哮した。怒りに燃え、サウバドラ(アビマンニュ)へまっすぐ進み、轟く矢の雨を浴びせつつ迫った。」

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, non-finite
अनदत्roared, bellowed
अनदत्:
TypeVerb
Rootनद्
Formलङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
दुःशासनःDuhshasana
दुःशासनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःशासन
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तवyour
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, genitive, singular
सौभद्रम्the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu)
सौभद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसौभद्र
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अभ्ययात्approached, went towards
अभ्ययात्:
TypeVerb
Rootया
Formअभि, लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
Formक्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, singular
शरवर्षरवाकिरन्showering (him) with a rain of arrows with a roaring sound
शरवर्षरवाकिरन्:
TypeVerb
Rootशर-वर्ष-रव-आकिरत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular, कॄ (किरति) with आ-, आ

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
D
Duḥśāsana
S
Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
A
arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

The verse implicitly warns that anger (krodha) and boastful aggression can eclipse discernment and dharma. Even within a warrior code, being driven by rage tends toward excess and moral decline, intensifying the cruelty of war.

After speaking, Duḥśāsana roars and advances on Abhimanyu (Saubhadra), attacking him with a loud, dense shower of arrows, as narrated by Sañjaya to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.