Mahabharata 9.65.9 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 65, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

भ्रुकुटीकृतवक्त्रान्तं क्रोधादुद्वृत्तचक्षुषम्‌ । सामर्ष त॑ं नरव्याघ्रं व्याप्रं निपतितं यथा

Transliteration

bhru-kuṭī-kṛta-vaktrāntaṁ krodhād udvṛtta-cakṣuṣam | sāmarṣaṁ taṁ nara-vyāghraṁ vyāghraṁ nipatitaṁ yathā ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “ใบหน้าของเขาขมวดคิ้วตึง และดวงตายกขึ้นด้วยโทสะ ลุกโพลงดุจไฟ. ‘พยัคฆ์ท่ามกลางมนุษย์’ ผู้นั้นเต็มไปด้วยความคั่งแค้น ดูประหนึ่งเสือที่พุ่งเข้าตะครุบเหยื่อ.”

Word by Word

• भ्रुकुटी-कृत-वक्त्र-अन्तम्: having the end of the face (i.e., face) made into a frown
• भ्रुकुटी-कृत-वक्त्र-अन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रुकुटी + कृत (कृ) + वक्त्र + अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधात्: from/through anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• उद्वृत्त-चक्षुषम्: with upturned/rolling eyes
• उद्वृत्त-चक्षुषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्वृत्त (उद्+वृत्) + चक्षुस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स-अमर्षम्: full of indignation/resentment
• स-अमर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him/that (man)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नर-व्याघ्रम्: tiger among men (best of men)
• नर-व्याघ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्याघ्रम्: a tiger
• व्याघ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निपतितम्: fallen, having fallen down
• निपतितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपतित (नि+पत्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• नरव्याघ्र (a warrior described as 'tiger among men')
• व्याघ्र (tiger, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and resentful indignation (krodha, amarṣa) transform a warrior’s presence into something predatory and dangerous; it implicitly warns that in war, inner passions can eclipse discernment and ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior’s outward signs of fury—knitted brows and glaring eyes—portraying him as a 'tiger among men' poised like a tiger pouncing, emphasizing the intensity and volatility on the battlefield.