Shloka 21

Devanagari script

विराटद्रुपदौ चोभौ राक्षसश्न घटोत्कच: । अभिमन्युश्च संक्रुद्ध: सप्तैते क्रोधमूर्च्छिता:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

virāṭa-drupadau cobhau rākṣasaś ca ghaṭotkacaḥ |

abhimanyuś ca saṅkruddhaḥ saptaite krodha-mūrcchitāḥ |

atāḍayan raṇe bhīṣmaṃ sahitāḥ sarva-sṛñjayāḥ ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ବିରାଟ ଓ ଦ୍ରୁପଦ ଉଭୟ, ରାକ୍ଷସ ଘଟୋତ୍କଚ, ଏବଂ କ୍ରୋଧାନ୍ଧ ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁ—ଏହି ସାତଜଣ କ୍ରୋଧାବେଶରେ—ସମସ୍ତ ସୃଞ୍ଜୟଙ୍କ ସହ ଏକତ୍ର ହୋଇ ରଣରେ ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କୁ ସବୁଦିଗରୁ ପ୍ରହାର କରିଲେ।

Word by Word

• विराट: Virata
• विराट: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रुपदौ: Drupada (two: Drupada and/or as dual form used with another name in coordination)
• द्रुपदौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• राक्षसश्न: slayer of Rakshasas
• राक्षसश्न: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राक्षसश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घटोत्कचः: Ghatotkacha
• घटोत्कचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रोधमूर्च्छिताः: overcome/swooning with anger
• क्रोधमूर्च्छिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधमूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अताडयन्: they struck/beat
• Type: Verb
• Root: तड्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सहिताः: together, united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वसृञ्जयाः: all the Sṛñjayas
• सर्वसृञ्जयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Virāṭa
• Drupada
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Abhimanyu
• Bhīṣma
• Sṛñjayas
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral tension of war: even righteous allies may be driven by anger, yet they must act in disciplined unity to protect their side. It implicitly contrasts uncontrolled wrath with purposeful, coordinated effort under kṣatriya-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a concentrated assault on Bhīṣma: Virāṭa, Drupada, Ghaṭotkaca, Abhimanyu and other allied Sṛñjaya warriors, inflamed with anger, strike Bhīṣma together from all sides in the thick of battle.