Shloka 28

उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्त्वा खड्गेन केशवस्य समीपत: । अभिद्रुत्य शिर: क्रुद्धश्चिच्छेद कृतवर्मण:,ऐसा कहकर कुपित हुए सात्यकिने श्रीकृष्णके पाससे दौड़कर तलवारसे कृतवर्माका सिर काट लिया

Transliteration

ity evam uktvā khaḍgena keśavasya samīpataḥ | abhidrutya śiraḥ kruddhaś ciccheda kṛtavarmaṇaḥ ||

Translation

そう言い終えるや、怒りに呑まれたサーティヤキはケーシャヴァ（クリシュナ）の傍らから駆け出し、剣をもってクリタヴァルマンの首を斬り落とした。

Word by Word

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner

उक्त्वाhaving said

खड्गेनwith a sword

केशवस्यof Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

समीपतःfrom near (the vicinity)

अभिद्रुत्यhaving rushed at / running up

शिरःhead

क्रुद्धःangry

चand

चिच्छेदcut off

कृतवर्मणःof Kṛtavarman

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Sātyaki

Kṛtavarman

khaḍga (sword)

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 the ethical danger of krodha (anger): when vengeance governs action, even celebrated heroes commit extreme violence, accelerating social and moral breakdown after the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking, Sātyaki, enraged, rushes from near Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) and decapitates Kṛtavarman with a sword, marking a brutal escalation in the internecine violence of the Mausala Parva.