Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्ठिर: क्रुद्ध: प्रभिन्न इव कुड्जर:

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ kruddhaḥ prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ

Translation

ແລ້ວຢຸທິສຖິຣະກໍໂກດຂຶ້ນ ດັ່ງຊ້າງຕົວໃຫຍ່ທີ່ຄຸ້ມຄັ່ງໃນລະດູມັນ.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पञ्चमी-अर्थे: 'from/thereupon')

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) → क्रुद्ध (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभिन्नः: rushing/maddened (as in musth)
• प्रभिन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिद् (धातु) + प्र-उपसर्ग → प्रभिन्न (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like/as
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा-अर्थे)

• कुञ्जरः: elephant
• कुञ्जरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sañjaya
• elephant (kuñjara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical strain of warfare: even a dharma-minded king like Yudhiṣṭhira can be driven into fierce anger. It implicitly warns that righteous intent must continually contend with powerful emotions, especially under the demands of kṣatriya duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira becomes intensely angry, compared to a rut-maddened elephant—an image signaling a sudden surge of unstoppable martial energy and a shift from restraint to aggressive action in the battle context.