Shloka 31

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें कर्ण और दुर्योधनका संवादविषयक इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,क्रोधरक्ते महानेत्रे परिवृत्य महाभुज: । कुलैश्वर्यश्रुतबलैर्दप्त: शल्यो<ब्रवीदिदम्‌ महाबाहु शल्यको अपने कुल, ऐश्वर्य, शास्त्रज्ान और बलका बड़ा अभिमान था। वे क्रोधसे लाल हुए विशाल नेत्रोंको घुमाकर इस प्रकार बोले

Transliteration

krodharakte mahānetre parivṛtya mahābhujaḥ | kulaiśvaryaśrutabalair daptaḥ śalyo 'bravīd idam ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—क्रोधाने लाल झालेल्या विशाल नेत्रांना फिरवीत, कुल, ऐश्वर्य, शास्त्रज्ञान व बल यांच्या अभिमानाने दर्पित महाबाहु शल्य असे बोलला. (अशा रीतीने कर्णपर्वातील कर्ण-दुर्योधन संवादविषयक एकतीसावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.)

Word by Word

• {'krodha': 'anger, wrath', 'rakta': 'red

• reddened (with passion/anger)', 'mahānetra': 'one with great/large eyes', 'parivṛtya': 'having turned/rolled about (the eyes)

• having looked around in agitation', 'mahābhuja': 'mighty-armed

• a heroic epithet', 'kula': 'family, lineage, noble house', 'aiśvarya': 'lordship, sovereignty, power, prosperity', 'śruta': 'learning

• what is heard/studied (Vedic knowledge, scholarship)', 'bala': 'strength, force, might', 'dapt(a)': 'arrogant, intoxicated with pride', 'śalya': 'Śalya (king of Madra), a principal warrior', 'abravīt': 'said, spoke', 'idam': 'this (these words)'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and pride—rooted in status (lineage, power, learning, strength)—distort perception and speech. It implicitly warns that counsel given under the sway of krodha and darpa tends to be ethically compromised and strategically harmful.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Śalya’s emotional state: enraged and self-important, he prepares to speak. The line also functions as a transition marker, closing the chapter that centers on the dialogue between Karṇa and Duryodhana and moving the narrative toward Śalya’s forthcoming words.