Shloka 70

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

स विचर्मा महाराज विरथ: क्रोधमूर्च्छित:

Transliteration

sa vicarmā mahārāja virathaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—स विचर्मा महाराज विरथः क्रोधमूर्च्छितोऽभवत्, रणकोलाहले रोषाग्निना प्रेरितः।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विचर्मा: Vicarma (proper name)
• विचर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विरथः: without a chariot; chariotless
• विरथः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: frenzied/overcome by anger
• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधमूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how anger can overwhelm discernment in war: when a fighter is stripped of protection and status (armor and chariot), rage can surge into a blinding stupor, illustrating the ethical danger of krodha eclipsing self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior in the battle has been deprived of armor and chariot and is now seized by furious anger, setting up the next actions driven by that wrath.