Shloka 17

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरें भीमसेनं यमौ च पार्थ कृष्णं युधि संजातकोप: । दुर्योधन: क्रोधविषो महात्मा जघान बाणैरनलप्रकाशै:,क्रोधरूपी विष उगलनेवाले महामनस्वी दुर्योधनने युधिष्ठिर, भीमसेन, नकुल, सहदेव, अर्जुन तथा श्रीकृष्णपर युद्धमें कुपित हो अग्निके समान तेजस्वी बाणोंका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yudhiṣṭhire bhīmasenaṃ yamau ca pārthaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ yudhi sañjātakopaḥ |

duryodhanaḥ krodhaviṣo mahātmā jaghāna bāṇair analaprakāśaiḥ ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—غصّہ جو گویا زہر بن گیا تھا، اُس مہاتما دُریودھن نے جنگ میں بھڑک کر یُدھشٹھِر، بھیم سین، جڑواں (نکُل اور سہ دیو)، پارتھ (ارجن) اور شری کرشن پر آگ کی مانند دہکتے تیروں سے حملہ کیا۔

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira

भीमसेनम्Bhimasena

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

चand

पार्थम्Partha (Arjuna)

कृष्णम्Krishna

युधिin battle

संजात-कोपःwhose anger had arisen; enraged

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

क्रोध-विषःhaving anger as poison; poison-like in wrath

महात्माthe great-souled one

जघानstruck; smote

बाणैःwith arrows

अनल-प्रकाशैःblazing like fire

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Nakula

Sahadeva

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Kṛṣṇa

arrows (bāṇa)

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 krodha (anger) as a destructive ‘poison’: in war it may amplify force, but ethically it clouds discernment and pushes one toward reckless, indiscriminate aggression—an inner failing with outward consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, inflamed with rage, launches a fierce volley of fire-bright arrows against key Pāṇḍava leaders—Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Nakula, Sahadeva, Arjuna—and even Kṛṣṇa on the battlefield.