Shloka 103

अभिमन्यु-पराक्रमवर्णनम्

Abhimanyu’s Prowess and the Duḥśāsana Engagement

Devanagari script

अभ्यधावन्त संक़्रुद्धा विविधायुधपाणय: । शल्यके भाईके मारे जानेपर उसके बहुत-से सैनिक अपने कुल और निवासस्थानके नाम सुनाते हुए कुपित हो हाथोंमें नाना प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये अर्जुनकुमार अभिमन्युकी ओर दौड़े

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | abhyadhāvanta saṅkruddhā vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ | śalyake bhrātṛke māre jānepara usake bahut-se sainik apane kula aura nivāsasthāna ke nāma sunāte hue kupita ho hāthoṃ meṃ nānā prakāra ke astra-śastra liye arjunakumāra abhimanyu kī ora dauṛe |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଶଲ୍ୟଙ୍କ ଭାଇ ନିହତ ହୋଇଛି ବୋଲି ଶୁଣି ଅନେକ ଯୋଧା କ୍ରୋଧରେ ଉଦ୍ଦୀପ୍ତ ହେଲେ। ସେମାନେ ହାତରେ ନାନା ପ୍ରକାର ଅସ୍ତ୍ର-ଶସ୍ତ୍ର ଧରି, ନିଜ ନିଜ କୁଳ ଓ ନିବାସସ୍ଥାନର ନାମ ଘୋଷଣା କରି କରି, ରୋଷରେ ଅର୍ଜୁନପୁତ୍ର ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁଙ୍କ ଦିଗକୁ ଧାଇଲେ।

Word by Word

• अभ्यधावन्त: ran towards / rushed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• संकृद्धाः: enraged
• संकृद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकृद्ध (सम्+क्रुध् क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विविधायुधपाणयः: those having hands with various weapons
• विविधायुधपाणयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विविध-आयुध-पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Abhimanyu
• Arjuna
• Śalyaka
• soldiers/warriors (Kaurava side implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and clan-based vengeance can rapidly intensify conflict: identity (kula, nivāsa) becomes a rallying cry, and grief turns into retaliatory violence—an ethical warning about krodha driving adharma-like excess even within a dharma-framed war.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Śalyaka is reported slain, many warriors, shouting their lineage and home, surge forward in fury with varied weapons and charge toward Abhimanyu, Arjuna’s son, seeking retaliation.