Shloka 19

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो मुहूर्तादिव पार्थिवेन्द्रो लब्ध्वा संज्ञां क्रोधसंरक्तनेत्र: । शतेन पार्थ त्वरितो जघान सहसनेत्रप्रतिमप्रभाव:,तब इन्द्रके समान प्रभावशाली राजा शल्यने दो ही घड़ीमें होशमें आकर क्रोधसे लाल आँखें करके बड़ी उतावलीके साथ युधिष्ठिरको सौ बाण मारे

Transliteration

tato muhūrtād iva pārthivendro labdhvā saṃjñāṃ krodha-saṃrakta-netraḥ | śatena pārtha tvarito jaghāna sahasra-netra-pratima-prabhāvaḥ ||

Translation

И вот, словно минуло лишь мгновение, владыка царей пришёл в себя. С глазами, покрасневшими от гнева, и с сиянием, подобным Индре тысячеглазому, он стремительно осыпал Партху (Юдхиштхиру) сотней стрел.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

मुहूर्तात्from/after a short time (a muhūrta)

इवas if, like

पार्थिवेन्द्रःking (lord of kings/earth)

लब्ध्वाhaving obtained

संज्ञाम्consciousness, awareness

क्रोधसंरक्तनेत्रःwhose eyes were reddened with anger

शतेनwith a hundred (arrows)

पार्थम्Pārtha (Arjuna/Yudhiṣṭhira); here: Pārtha (the target)

त्वरितःhastened, quickly

जघानstruck, smote

सहसनेत्रप्रतिमप्रभावःwhose splendor was like that of the thousand-eyed (Indra)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Śalya

Indra (Sahasranetra)

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), once it takes hold, can rapidly intensify violence even in a ruler; it implicitly warns that loss of inner restraint in war leads to disproportionate harm and moral decline.

What is happening in the narrative?

After briefly losing consciousness, King Śalya regains his senses, becomes enraged, and quickly shoots Yudhiṣṭhira (called Pārtha) with a hundred arrows, his power likened to Indra’s.