Shloka 55

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

वैराटि: समरे क्रुद्धों भूशमायम्य कार्मुकम्‌

Transliteration

vairāṭiḥ samare kruddho bhūśam āyamya kārmukam

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਯੁੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਰਾਟ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਸ਼ਵੇਤ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਾਲ ਭੜਕ ਉਠਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਧਨੁਸ਼ ਖਿੱਚ ਕੇ ਵਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਤਿਆਰ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• वैराटिः: the son of Virāṭa / Virāṭa’s (prince)
• वैराटिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराटि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूशमायम्य: having restrained/controlled (his) fury
• भूशमायम्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भूशम + आ + √यम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vairāṭi (son of Virāṭa)
• kārmuka (bow)
• samara (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies martial action: in war, wrath can quickly translate into decisive, potentially reckless violence. It implicitly cautions that emotional agitation can drive escalation and obscure discernment, even within a warrior’s duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a Virāṭa-line warrior, enraged in the midst of combat, draws his bowstring strongly—signaling imminent attack and a heightened turn in the fighting.