Shloka 366

Devanagari script

आत्तकार्मुकनिस्त्रिंशा: कृष्णपार्थो प्रदुद्र॒व॒ु: । मित्र देवता जिसके किनारोंपर छुरे लगे हुए थे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: āttakārmuka-nistriṁśāḥ kṛṣṇa-pārtho pradudruvuḥ | mitrā devatā yasya kināreṣu churāḥ lagāḥ te cakraṁ gṛhītvā sthitāḥ | mahārāja! pūṣā bhagaḥ ca krodha-bharitaḥ savitā ca dhanuḥ khaḍgaṁ ca gṛhītvā śrīkṛṣṇārjunayoḥ upari abhyapatat ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Вооружённые луками и мечами, Кришна и Партха (Арджуна) стремительно ринулись вперёд. Митра, подняв свой диск, по ободу которого были укреплены лезвия, встал наготове. О царь! Пушан, Бхага и Савитри — исполненные гнева — схватили лук и меч и бросились на Шри Кришну и Арджуну.

Word by Word

• आत्त: having taken, seized
• आत्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-दा (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• निस्त्रिंशाः: swords
• निस्त्रिंशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृष्ण: Krishna
• कृष्ण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रदुद्रवुः: ran forth, rushed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Mitra
• Pūṣan
• Bhaga
• Savitṛ
• cakra (bladed discus)
• bow (kārmuka/dhanuḥ)
• sword (nistriṁśa/khaḍga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) can overwhelm discernment and provoke even exalted beings into aggression; dharma is tested when power is driven by wrath rather than restraint and right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna surge forward armed, while Mitra readies a bladed discus; Pūṣan, Bhaga, and Savitṛ, enraged, take up weapons and attack Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, intensifying the confrontation.