Shloka 723

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

कृतवर्माणमभित: प्रजज्वाल सुदारुणा | और शीघ्र ही उसे अपने रथसे कृतवर्मके रथपर चला दिया। भीमसेनके हाथोंसे छूटी हुई, केंचुलसे निकले हुए सर्पके समान वह भयंकर शक्ति कृतवर्मके समीप जाकर प्रज्वलित हो उठी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kṛtavarmāṇam abhitaḥ prajajvāla sudāruṇā |

Translation

ಅಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ಭೀಮಸೇನನ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಹೊರಟ ಆ ಅತಿಭೀಕರ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಅವನ ರಥದಿಂದ ಕೃತವರ್ಮನ ರಥದತ್ತ ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರವಾಗಿ ಧಾವಿಸಿತು. ಕೆಂಚುಲು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೊರಬರುವ ಸರ್ಪದಂತೆ ಅದು ಕೃತವರ್ಮನ ಸಮೀಪ ತಲುಪುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆಯೇ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಭಯಂಕರವಾಗಿ ಜ್ವಲಿಸಿತು.

Word by Word

• कृतवर्माणम्: Kṛtavarman (as object)
• कृतवर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभितः: around, on all sides
• अभितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• प्रजज्वाल: blazed forth, flared up
• प्रजज्वाल: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुदारुणा: very dreadful (fem.)
• सुदारुणा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛtavarmā
• Bhīmasena
• śakti (missile/weapon)
• chariot (ratha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral danger of unleashed fury in war: once a violent act is released, it takes on a momentum of its own, becoming ‘snake-like’—hard to control and intent on striking its mark. It implicitly warns that martial power must be governed by discernment (dharma), or it turns into indiscriminate destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīma hurling a fearsome śakti (missile) toward Kṛtavarmā. The weapon rushes from Bhīma’s chariot to Kṛtavarmā’s chariot and blazes near him, compared to a terrifying serpent emerging from its cast-off skin.