Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अथापरेण भल्‍्लेन सुयुक्तेनाशुपातिना । दुष्कर्ण सुदृढं क्रुद्धों विव्याध हृदये भूशम्‌

Transliteration

athāpareṇa bhallena suyuktenāśupātinā | duṣkarṇaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ kruddho vivyādha hṛdaye bhūśam ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—అనంతరం క్రోధావేశంతో అతడు మరొక సరిగ్గా లక్ష్యించిన, వేగంగా దూసుకుపోయే భల్లబాణముతో దుష్కర్ణుని హృదయదేశమున బలంగా ఛేదించెను.

Word by Word

अथthen

अपरेणwith another

भल्लेनwith an arrow

सुयुक्तेनwell-fixed/well-aimed

आशुपातिनाswift-falling (rapidly shot)

दुष्कर्णम्Dushkarna

सुदृढम्firmly/strongly

क्रुद्धःangered

विव्याधpierced

हृदयेin the heart

भूशम्greatly, exceedingly

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duṣkarṇa

bhalla (arrow)

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 the ethical tension of battlefield duty: skill and determination, when driven by anger, lead to swift and irreversible harm. It implicitly warns that wrath (krodha) intensifies violence and accelerates destructive outcomes, even within the framework of kṣatriya warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates a combat moment in which an enraged warrior shoots another well-aimed, fast-flying bhalla-arrow and strikes Duṣkarṇa powerfully in the heart-region, indicating a decisive and grievous wound in the ongoing Kurukṣetra battle.