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

کِریٹ دھاری ارجن نے دشمن کی فوج کو نہایت بے قرار کر دیا ہے—جیسے ایال دار شیر طرح طرح کے ہزاروں ہرنوں کے ریوڑ کو ہراساں کر دیتا ہے۔

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.