Shloka 10

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

Devanagari script

त॑ प्रवीरा: सुसंरब्धा नर्दमाना इवर्षभा: | वासितार्थमिव क्रुद्धमभिद्रुत्य मदोत्कटा:

Transliteration

te pravīrāḥ susaṁrabdhā nardamānā ivarṣabhāḥ | vāsitārtham iva kruddham abhidrutya madotkaṭāḥ ||

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ആ പ്രവീരർ അത്യന്തം ക്രോധത്തോടെ, കാളകളെപ്പോലെ ഗർജ്ജിച്ചു കൊണ്ട്, ഉത്തേജിതമായ ക്രുദ്ധ കാള ലക്ഷ്യത്തിലേക്ക് പാഞ്ഞുപോകുന്നതുപോലെ മുന്നോട്ട് ചാടിവന്നു—യുദ്ധമദവും ഗർവവും കൊണ്ട് ഉന്മത്തരായി.

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

प्रवीराःgreat heroes

सुसंरब्धाःhighly enraged / greatly excited

नर्दमानाःroaring

इवlike, as if

ऋषभाःbulls

वासितार्थम्one whose purpose is accomplished (lit. whose aim has been made/fulfilled)

इवlike, as if

क्रुद्धम्angry

अभिद्रुत्यhaving rushed at / rushing towards

मदोत्कटाःfierce with intoxication/pride

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and the intoxicating pride of combat can propel even great heroes into reckless aggression, suggesting an ethical tension between martial valor and the need for self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a group of leading warriors who, roaring like bulls and inflamed with rage, rush forward to attack with overwhelming momentum and battle-exultation.