Shloka 49

Devanagari script

विवृताक्षश्व कौन्तेयो वेपमानश्व मन्युना । चिच्छेद योधान्‌ निशितै: शरै: शतसहसत्रश:,क्रोधसे काँपते तथा आँखें फाड़-फाड़कर देखते हुए कुन्तीकुमारने अपने पैने बाणोंद्वारा सैकड़ों और हजारों शत्रुसैनिकोंका संहार कर डाला

Transliteration

vivṛtākṣaś ca kaunteyo vepamānaś ca manyunā | ciccheda yodhān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ śata-sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—کُنتی کے بیٹے نے غضب سے کانپتے ہوئے، آنکھیں پھیلا کر، تیز دھار تیروں سے جنگجوؤں کو کاٹ ڈالا؛ سینکڑوں اور ہزاروں کی تعداد میں دشمن سپاہیوں کا قلع قمع کر دیا۔

Word by Word

विवृताक्षःhaving wide-open eyes

कौन्तेयःthe son of Kuntī (Arjuna)

वेपमानःtrembling

मन्युनाwith anger

चिच्छेदhe cut down / he slew

योधान्warriors

निशितैःwith sharp

शरैःarrows

शतसहस्रशःby hundreds and thousands; in hundreds and thousands

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

क

कौन्तेय (Kaunteya/Arjuna)

य

योध (warriors)

श

शर (arrows)

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 anger (manyu) can intensify violence and accelerate destruction in war. Even within kṣatriya-duty, wrath is shown as a powerful, destabilizing force—raising ethical tension between necessary combat and the inner passions that can eclipse restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Arjuna (Kaunteya) in a heightened battle-state—eyes wide, trembling with fury—cutting down enemy warriors with sharp arrows in enormous numbers, emphasizing the ferocity and scale of the fighting.