Shloka 42

Devanagari script

व्यवस्थित: सव्यसाची चुक्रोध बलवान्‌ नृप । धनंजयो रथानीकमभ्यवर्तत वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

vyavasthitaḥ savyasācī cukrodha balavān nṛpa | dhanañjayo rathānīkam abhyavartata vīryavān ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ข้าแต่พระราชา! อรชุนผู้เกรียงไกร นามว่า “สव्यสาจี” ตั้งมั่นกายใจ ครั้นโทสะลุกโพลงแล้ว ธนัญชัยผู้กล้าหาญก็พุ่งเข้าประจัญบานต่อกองรถศึกที่อัดแน่น

Word by Word

व्यवस्थितःstanding firm, stationed

सव्यसाचीAmbidextrous one (Arjuna)

चुक्रोधbecame angry

बलवान्mighty, strong

नृपO king

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

रथानीकम्the chariot-division/array of chariots

अभ्यवर्ततadvanced toward, attacked

वीर्यवान्valorous, powerful

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Arjuna (Savyasācī, Dhanañjaya)

rathānīka (chariot-division)

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?

Even intense emotions like anger, when disciplined and directed by kṣatriya-dharma, become resolve rather than reckless cruelty; the verse highlights controlled martial determination in the face of organized enemy force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, firmly set and enraged, advances to engage an enemy chariot-formation, signaling a decisive clash in the Karṇa Parva battle sequence.