Shloka 11

Arjuna Confronted by Saindhava Forces during the Aśvamedha Circuit (श्वेतवाहनस्य सैन्धवसंघर्षः)

Devanagari script

चुक्रोध बलवच्चापि पाण्डवस्तस्य भूपते: । कार्यविघ्नमनुस्मृत्य पूर्ववैरं च भारत

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

Cukrodha balavaccāpi pāṇḍavas tasya bhūpateḥ |

Kārya-vighnam anusmṛtya pūrva-vairaṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nhớ lại sự cản trở đã gây hại cho sứ mệnh của mình và gợi lại mối thù xưa, người Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) bừng bừng phẫn nộ đối với vị vua ấy.

Word by Word

• चुक्रोध: became angry
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलवत्: strongly, intensely (lit. powerful)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him, his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भूपतेः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कार्य: the task, the work
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विघ्नम्: obstacle, hindrance
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुस्मृत्य: having remembered, recalling
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्मृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Active

• पूर्व: former, previous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वैरम्: enmity, hostility
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतनन्दन: O descendant/delighter of Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)
• the king (bhūpati)
• Bhārata (Janamejaya, as addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger is fueled by recollection of obstruction and past enmity; ethically, it warns that memory of injury can intensify conflict, so a dharmic agent must guard against wrath even while pursuing a rightful mission.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Ashvamedha-related events, Arjuna (the Pāṇḍava) confronts a king connected with hindering his task; remembering that interference and an earlier feud, he becomes intensely angry at the king.