Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीम: शिरो दुर्मर्षणस्य ह

Transliteration

tataḥ kruddho raṇe bhīmaḥ śiro durmarṣaṇasya ha

Translation

அப்போது போர்க்களத்தில் கோபம் கொந்தளித்த பீமன் துர்மர்ஷணனின் தலையை வெட்டி நிலத்தில் வீழ்த்தினான்।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्ययम्

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त: क्रुद्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• दुर्मर्षणस्य: of Durmarshana
• दुर्मर्षणस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मर्षण
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह
• Form: अव्ययम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Durmarṣaṇa
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, uncontrolled anger can become the immediate motive force behind lethal action; it implicitly contrasts the warrior’s duty to fight with the ethical danger of being driven primarily by wrath and revenge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, enraged on the battlefield, cuts off (or strikes down) the head of the Kaurava prince Durmarṣaṇa, marking a decisive killing in the ongoing Kurukṣetra conflict.