Shloka 50

Devanagari script

विव्याध समरे क्रुद्धो बहुभि: कड्कपत्रिभि: | महाबली शल्य पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरको रोककर उन्हें मार डालनेकी इच्छासे समरांगणमें कंकपत्रयुक्त अनेक बाणोंद्वारा उनपर क्रोधपूर्वक प्रहार करने लगे ।। अथ भूयो महाराज शरेणानतपर्वणा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vivyādha samare kruddho bahubhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ | mahābalī śalyaḥ pāṇḍuputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram roṣakarān hantuṃ samaraṅgaṇe kruddhaḥ kaṅkapatrayuktair anekaiḥ śaraiḥ prāharat || atha bhūyo mahārāja śareṇānataparvaṇā ... |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ସମରରେ କ୍ରୋଧାନ୍ୱିତ ମହାବଳୀ ଶଲ୍ୟ ପାଣ୍ଡୁପୁତ୍ର ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କୁ ବଧ କରିବା ଇଚ୍ଛାରେ କଙ୍କପକ୍ଷଯୁକ୍ତ ଅନେକ ଶରଦ୍ୱାରା ରଣାଙ୍ଗଣରେ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ବିଦ୍ଧ କରିବାକୁ ଲାଗିଲେ। ପୁନର୍ବାର, ହେ ମହାରାଜ, ନତ-ପର୍ବଯୁକ୍ତ ଅନ୍ୟ ଏକ ଶରଦ୍ୱାରା ସେ ଆକ୍ରମଣ ଜାରି ରଖିଲେ।

Word by Word

विव्याधpierced/struck

समरेin battle

क्रुद्धःangry

बहुभिःwith many

कङ्कपत्रिभिःwith arrows having heron-feathers

महाबलीthe very mighty one

शल्यःShalya

पाण्डुपुत्रम्the son of Pandu

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira

अथthen

भूयःagain/further

महाराजO great king

शरेणwith an arrow

अनतपर्वणाhaving unbent joints/sections (straight-jointed)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Shalya

Yudhishthira

Pandu

Dhritarashtra

arrows (śara)

heron-feathers (kaṅka-patra)

battlefield (samaraṅgaṇa)

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 highlights how anger (krodha) can dominate even a great warrior’s conduct in war, intensifying violence and narrowing judgment. In the Mahabharata’s ethical frame, such rage is a powerful inner enemy: it may be tactically effective, yet it risks eclipsing restraint and dharmic clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that Shalya, fighting fiercely, attacks Yudhishthira with many feather-fletched arrows, aiming to kill him. The description emphasizes repeated strikes and the relentless continuation of the assault with yet another specially described arrow.