Shloka 30
Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure
Devanagari script
ते हया: पुरुषव्याप्र चोदिता वातरंहस:
Transliteration
te hayāḥ puruṣavyāghrā coditā vātaraṁhasaḥ
Translation
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。虎のごとき男たちに駆り立てられ、あの馬たちは風の速さで前へと疾走した。
Word by Word
तेthose
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हयाःhorses
हयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुरुषव्याघ्रO tiger among men
पुरुषव्याघ्र:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootपुरुषव्याघ्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
चोदिताःurged / driven
चोदिताः:
Karta
TypeVerb (past passive participle)
Rootचुद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वातरंहसःswift as the wind
वातरंहसः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवातरंहस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaH
horsesCharacter 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 human resolve and command can propel instruments of war with unstoppable speed—an image that, in the Sauptika context, underscores the ethical danger of violence gaining momentum once set in motion.
The narrator describes horses being spurred by heroic warriors; they surge ahead as fast as the wind, indicating rapid movement as the night-time events of the Sauptika Parva unfold.