Shloka 25

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्तु संक्रुद्धों धृष्टद्ुम्नं महारणे । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैश्षतुर्भि: समरे द्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

duryodhanas tu saṅkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaṁ mahāraṇe | vivyādha niśitair bāṇaiś caturbhiḥ samare drutam ||

Translation

ಆಗ ಕ್ರುದ್ಧನಾದ ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನು ಮಹಾಸಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ಧೃಷ್ಟದ್ಯುಮ್ನನನ್ನು ನಾಲ್ಕು ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣ ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಭೇದಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महा-रणे: in the great battle
• महा-रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निशितैः: with sharp
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (saṅkrodha/krodha) propels swift harmful action in war, illustrating an ethical warning: when wrath governs judgment, violence becomes immediate and self-reinforcing, deepening enmity and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, furious on the battlefield, quickly wounds Dhṛṣṭadyumna by shooting him with four sharp arrows during the great combat.