Shloka 43

Gadā-yuddhe Bhīma–Duryodhanayoḥ Tumulaḥ Saṃprahāraḥ

Mace-duel’s intense exchange

Devanagari script

ततः सम्पूजित: सर्व: सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुह: । भूयो धीरां मतिं चक्रे युद्धाय कुरुनन्दन:,तदनन्तर सबसे सम्मानित हो कुरुनन्दन दुर्योधनने युद्धके लिये धीर बुद्धिका आश्रय लिया। उस समय उसके शरीरमें रोमांच हो आया था

Transliteration

tataḥ sampūjitaḥ sarvaḥ samprahṛṣṭa-tanūruhaḥ | bhūyo dhīrāṁ matiṁ cakre yuddhāya kurunandanaḥ ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် အားလုံးက အပြည့်အဝ ဂုဏ်ပြုချီးမြှောက်ကြသဖြင့် ကိုယ်အမွှေးများ ထောင်ထလာကာ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားနေသော ကုရုမင်းသား (ဒုရျောဓန) သည် ထပ်မံ၍ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကို တည်ငြိမ်ခိုင်မာစေပြီး လာမည့်စစ်ပွဲအတွက် ရဲရင့်သော အကြံကို ချမှတ်하였다။

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सम्पूजितःhaving been honored

सर्वःentirely, wholly

सम्प्रहृष्टthrilled, delighted

तनूरुहःhair on the body; horripilation

भूयःagain, further

धीराम्steadfast, resolute

मतिम्intention, resolve

चक्रेmade, formed (took up)

युद्धायfor battle

कुरुनन्दनःthe delight of the Kurus (Duryodhana)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Duryodhana (Kurunandana)

Kuru lineage

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 suggests that external honor and collective approval can intensify inner resolve; ethically, it invites reflection on whether praise is reinforcing righteous duty or merely inflaming pride and commitment to a harmful course.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being respectfully honored by those around him, Duryodhana becomes exhilarated (romaharṣa) and renews a firm, courageous determination to proceed to battle, as reported by Sañjaya.