Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वेपमान इव क्रोधाद्‌ युद्धशौण्ड: परंतप: । प्रतिव्यूह्ा महातेजा यथावद्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

vepamāna iva krodhād yuddhaśauṇḍaḥ paraṃtapaḥ | prativyūhaṃ mahātejā yathāvad bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sanjaya: Warì’y nanginginig sa poot, ang makapangyarihang mandirigmang iyon—tagasunog ng mga kaaway at bihasa sa digmaan—ay bumuo ng panlaban na hanay sa wastong kaayusan, O toro sa mga Bharata.

Word by Word

वेपमानःtrembling

इवas if

क्रोधात्from anger / due to anger

युद्धशौण्डःeager for battle / battle-ardent

परंतपःscorcher of foes

प्रतिव्यूहःcounter-array / counter-formation

महातेजाःof great splendor/energy

यथावत्properly / duly

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'bharatarṣabha')

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 anger in warfare is shown as being harnessed through order and strategy; martial energy becomes ethically meaningful for a kṣatriya only when governed by discipline rather than uncontrolled fury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a great warrior, trembling with wrath, nevertheless organizes a proper counter-battle formation (prativyūha) to meet the enemy’s array.