Shloka 20

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

तंक्रुद्धं राक्षसं युद्धे प्रतिक्रुद्धस्तु राक्षस:

Transliteration

taṁ kruddhaṁ rākṣasaṁ yuddhe pratikruddhas tu rākṣasaḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਯੁੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸ ਕ੍ਰੋਧਿਤ ਰਾਖਸ਼ਸ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਦੂਜਾ ਰਾਖਸ਼ਸ ਆ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੋਇਆ; ਉਹ ਵੀ ਉਤਨੇ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਾਲ ਭੜਕ ਉਠਿਆ।

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रुद्धम्: angered, enraged
• क्रुद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राक्षसम्: the Rakshasa (demon)
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिक्रुद्धः: angered in return, counter-enraged
• प्रतिक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राक्षसः: the Rakshasa (demon)
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• a Rākṣasa (demon-warrior)
• another Rākṣasa (opposing demon-warrior)
• battle/war (yuddha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger in war tends to mirror and multiply itself—wrath provokes wrath—suggesting an ethical warning about the self-perpetuating cycle of violence once passions dominate.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where an enraged Rākṣasa confronts another Rākṣasa who becomes equally enraged in response, indicating a fierce clash and rising intensity in the combat.