Shloka 10

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्ठिर: कर्णमदूरस्थं निवारितम्‌ | अब्रवीत्‌ परवीरघ्नं क्रोधसंरक्तलोचन:,उस समय युधिष्ठिरने क्रोधसे लाल आँखें करके शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले कर्णसे जो पास ही रोक दिया गया था, इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ karṇam adūrasthaṃ nivāritam | abravīt paravīraghnaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ ||

Translation

तेव्हा क्रोधाने लाल झालेले नेत्र करून युधिष्ठिराने, जवळच रोखल्या गेलेल्या शत्रुवीरसंहारक कर्णाला असे म्हटले.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

कर्णम्Karna

दूरस्थम्standing at a distance

निवारितम्restrained, checked, held back

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

परवीरघ्नम्slayer of enemy-heroes

क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनःwhose eyes were reddened with anger

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Karṇa

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?

Even in a just cause, anger can cloud judgment; the verse highlights the ethical need for restraint and clarity in speech and action during war, especially for a king responsible for dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira, enraged, turns to address Karṇa, who is nearby but has been held back; the verse sets up Yudhiṣṭhira’s forthcoming words in the heat of battle.