Shloka 29

काकोपमोपदेशः

The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधन: क्रुद्धो गदामुद्यम्य वेगित:,इति श्रीमहा भारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे एकोनत्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

tato duryodhanaḥ kruddho gadām udyamya vegitaḥ | iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ekonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆಮೇಲೆ ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನು ಕ್ರುದ್ಧನಾಗಿ ವೇಗದಿಂದ ಗದೆಯನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿದನು.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

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

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (past participle: 'angered')

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उद्यम्य: having lifted/brandished
• उद्यम्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-यम्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्): 'having raised/taken up'

• वेगितः: impetuous, rushing
• वेगितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• gadā (mace)
• Karna Parva
• Mahābhārata

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) rapidly drives a warrior toward violent action; in the epic’s ethical frame, such impulsive rage is a catalyst that clouds judgment and intensifies the destructiveness of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, enraged, quickly lifts his mace—signaling an imminent physical confrontation amid a chaotic, tightly packed battlefield.