Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पादयो: पतितं वीरं विकृतं भ्रातृसौहदम्‌ । बाहुभ्यां साधुजाताभ्यां दुःशासनमरिंदमम्‌

Transliteration

pādayoḥ patitaṃ vīraṃ vikṛtaṃ bhrātṛ-sauhṛdam | bāhubhyāṃ sādhujātābhyāṃ duḥśāsanam ariṃdamam ||

Translation

సోదరస్నేహం వికృతమైపోయెను; ఆ వీరుడు పాదాల వద్ద పడిపోయి, తన సుజాత భుజాలతో శత్రుదమనుడైన దుఃశాసనుని పట్టుకున్నాడు.

Word by Word

पादयोःat/on (his) two feet

पतितम्fallen

वीरम्the hero

विकृतम्disfigured / distorted

भ्रातृof (his) brother

सौहदम्friendship / brotherly affection

बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms

साधुजाताभ्याम्with the well-born/noble (arms)

दुःशासनम्Duhshasana

अरिंदमम्enemy-subduing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duḥśāsana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical inversion: when fraternal goodwill (bhrātṛ-sauhṛda) becomes corrupted, it no longer restrains aggression but fuels degrading acts. It implicitly warns that dharma in relationships depends on inner integrity; without it, even noble strength becomes an instrument of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a warrior falling at another’s feet and then physically taking hold of Duḥśāsana with his arms. The emphasis on 'corrupted brotherly affection' frames the action as arising from a twisted kinship dynamic rather than righteous protection.