Shloka 30

Devanagari script

व्याकुलीकृतमत्यर्थ परसैन्यं किरीटिना । नानामृगसहस््राणां यूथं केसरिणां यथा,“किरीटथधारी अर्जुनने शत्रुसेनाको उसी प्रकार अत्यन्त व्याकुल कर दिया है, जैसे सिंह नाना जातिके सहसौरों मृगोंके झुंडको व्याकुल कर देता है

Transliteration

vyākulīkṛtam atyarthaṁ parasainyaṁ kirīṭinā | nānāmṛga-sahasrāṇāṁ yūthaṁ kesariṇāṁ yathā ||

Translation

Si Arjuna, ang mandirigmang may putong, ay naghasik ng matinding kaguluhan sa hukbo ng kaaway—gaya ng leon na nagpapangamba at nagpapagulo sa kawan ng libo-libong usa na sari-saring uri.

Word by Word

व्याकुलीकृतम्made agitated, thrown into confusion

अत्यर्थम्excessively, very much

परसैन्यम्the enemy army

किरीटिनाby the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

नानाvarious, of many kinds

मृगसहस्राणाम्of thousands of deer/animals

यूथम्a herd, a flock

केसरिणाम्of lions

यथाas, just like

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna (Kirīṭin)

enemy army (para-sainya)

lion (kesarin)

herd of deer/wild animals (mṛga-yūtha)

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?

The verse highlights how steadfast valor and focused purpose can morally and psychologically dominate a battlefield: a disciplined champion can break the cohesion of a larger opposing force, just as a lion’s presence scatters a herd.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Karṇa Parva battle sequence, Arjuna’s assault is described as causing severe disarray in the opposing army; the poet intensifies the scene through a vivid simile comparing the enemy host to a herd of deer and Arjuna’s impact to that of a lion.