Shloka 27

शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः

Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel

Devanagari script

माद्रीपुत्रो च संरब्धौ भीमसेनं च पाण्डवम्‌ | युधिष्ठटिरं च कौरव्य विव्याध दशभि: शरै:,कुरुनन्दन! इतना ही नहीं, उन्होंने क्रोधमें भरे हुए माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेव, पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेन तथा युधिष्ठिरको भी दस बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया

Transliteration

mādrīputrau ca saṁrabdhau bhīmasenaṁ ca pāṇḍavam | yudhiṣṭhiraṁ ca kauravya vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ kurunandana ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: О потомок куру, двое сыновей Мадри, разъярённые, поразили также Бхимасену, Пандава, и Юдхиштхиру; о радость куру, они пронзили их десятью стрелами. Эта сцена показывает, как гнев в бою побуждает даже благородных воинов усиливать насилие, и как распря разрастается, выходя за пределы сдержанности.

Word by Word

• माद्रीपुत्रौ: the two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• माद्रीपुत्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संरब्धौ: enraged, agitated
• संरब्धौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (here: Bhima, son of Pandu)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कौरव्य: O Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced, wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Mādrī
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how saṁrambha (battle-fury/anger) accelerates harm: even righteous warriors, when overtaken by wrath, intensify violence. It implicitly warns that anger clouds discernment and pushes action beyond measured restraint, a recurring ethical tension in the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the two sons of Mādrī—Nakula and Sahadeva—enraged in the fight, shoot and wound Bhīma and Yudhiṣṭhira, piercing them with ten arrows.