Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 116

Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation

Devanagari script

विव्याध भृशसंक्रुद्धस्तं वै भूयस्त्रिभि: शरै: । साथ ही अत्यन्त कुपित होकर उन्होंने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणसे उनके सारथिको भी पीट दिया और उन्हें भी पुनः तीन बाणोंसे घायल किया

Transliteration

vivyādha bhṛśa-saṅkruddhas taṃ vai bhūyas tribhiḥ śaraiḥ |

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ด้วยความโกรธจัด เขาแทงผู้นั้นซ้ำด้วยศรสามดอก; และในกระแสโทสะเดียวกัน เขายังฟาดสารถีของฝ่ายตรงข้ามด้วยศรคดมีปม แล้วทำให้บาดเจ็บซ้ำอีกด้วยศรสามดอก

Word by Word

• विव्याध: pierced, wounded
• विव्याध: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्/व्यध्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged, very angry
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) escalates harm in war, extending violence even to supporting figures like charioteers; it implicitly contrasts disciplined kṣatriya conduct with rage-driven excess.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior, intensely enraged, strikes his opponent again with three arrows, and then also attacks the opponent’s charioteer, wounding him as well—depicting a rapid, retaliatory exchange in the chariot-battle setting.