Shloka 11

भीमसेन-धृष्टद्युम्नयोर्वाक्यं

Bhīmasena and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Speeches on Kṣātra-Dharma

Devanagari script

छिन्नधन्वा महाराज सात्यकि: क्रोधमूर्च्छित: । प्रजहार महावेगां शक्ति तस्य महोरसि,महाराज! धनुष कट जानेपर क्रोधातुर हुए सात्यकिने भूरिके विशाल वक्ष:स्थलपर एक अत्यन्त वेगशालिनी शक्तिका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

chinnadhanvā mahārāja sātyakiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | prajahāra mahāvegāṃ śaktiṃ tasya mahāurasi ||

Translation

छिन्नधन्वा महाराज सात्यकिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । प्रजहार महावेगां शक्तिं तस्य महोरसि ॥

Word by Word

छिन्नधन्वाwhose bow was cut/broken

महाराजO great king

सात्यकिःSātyaki

क्रोधमूर्च्छितःovercome/frenzied with anger

प्रजहारstruck / hurled

महावेगाम्very swift/impetuous

शक्तिम्a spear/javelin (śakti-weapon)

तस्यof him / his

महोरसिon the broad chest

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja')

Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)

śakti (spear/javelin)

bow (dhanus)

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 implicitly warns how anger (krodha) can seize the mind and intensify violence: when a warrior is wounded or dishonored (his bow cut), rage can override restraint, leading to escalated retaliation—an ethical tension repeatedly explored in the Mahābhārata’s portrayal of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Sātyaki’s bow has been cut; enraged, Sātyaki responds by striking back with great force, hurling a śakti (spear/javelin) at his opponent’s chest.