Shloka 17

अध्याय ८८ — घटोत्कच-दुर्योधनयुद्धवर्णनम्

Ghaṭotkaca–Duryodhana Engagement

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरें भीमसेनं यमौ च पार्थ कृष्णं युधि संजातकोप: । दुर्योधन: क्रोधविषो महात्मा जघान बाणैरनलप्रकाशै:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yudhiṣṭhire bhīmasenaṃ yamau ca pārthaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ yudhi sañjātakopaḥ |

duryodhanaḥ krodhaviṣo mahātmā jaghāna bāṇair analaprakāśaiḥ ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—କ୍ରୋଧରୂପ ବିଷରେ ଦଗ୍ଧ ମହାତ୍ମା ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନ ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ କୁପିତ ହୋଇ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର, ଭୀମସେନ, ଯମଜ ନକୁଳ-ସହଦେବ, ପାର୍ଥ (ଅର୍ଜୁନ) ଓ ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଅଗ୍ନିସମ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ବାଣର ପ୍ରହାର କଲେ।

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यमौ: the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• यमौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

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

• पार्थम्: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• संजात-कोपः: whose anger had arisen; enraged
• संजात-कोपः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संजातकोप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोध-विषः: having anger as poison; poison-like in wrath
• क्रोध-विषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधविष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जघान: struck; smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनल-प्रकाशैः: blazing like fire
• अनल-प्रकाशैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनलप्रकाश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Kṛṣṇa
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights krodha (anger) as a destructive ‘poison’: in war it may amplify force, but ethically it clouds discernment and pushes one toward reckless, indiscriminate aggression—an inner failing with outward consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, inflamed with rage, launches a fierce volley of fire-bright arrows against key Pāṇḍava leaders—Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Nakula, Sahadeva, Arjuna—and even Kṛṣṇa on the battlefield.