Shloka 24

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

अन्‍्ये तु दृष्टवा राधेयं क्रोधरक्तेक्षणाउब्रुवन्‌

Transliteration

anye tu dṛṣṭvā rādheyaṃ krodha-raktākṣaṇābruvan

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—अन्ये तु दृष्ट्वा राधेयं क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा अब्रुवन्॥

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• राधेयम्: Radheya (Karna)
• राधेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोध-रक्त-ईक्षणाः: whose eyes were red with anger
• क्रोध-रक्त-ईक्षणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अब्रुवन्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rādheya (Karṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral-psychological truth: anger (krodha) visibly and inwardly distorts perception and prompts impulsive speech. In the Mahābhārata’s war setting, it serves as a caution that ethical discernment is easily eclipsed when wrath governs the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that certain warriors, upon seeing Karṇa (Rādheya), their eyes reddened with anger, begin to speak—indicating a charged confrontation and the escalation of hostile words in the midst of battle.