Shloka 316

Devanagari script

आददे परिधघं घोर नगेन्द्रशिखरोपमम्‌ । अपने मुसलको कटा हुआ देख अभ्व॒त्थामाको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ और उसने पर्वतशिखरके समान एक भयंकर परिघ हाथमें ले लिया

Transliteration

ādade parighaṁ ghoraṁ nagendra-śikharopamam |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Thấy cây chùy của mình bị chém gãy, Aśvatthāmā bừng lên cơn thịnh nộ dữ dội và cầm trong tay một cây dùi sắt ghê gớm, được ví như đỉnh của một ngọn núi lớn. Hình ảnh ấy là cơn giận đang dâng thành bạo lực mới trên chiến địa.

Word by Word

• आददे: took up, seized
• आददे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (डुदाञ् दाने)
• Form: LiT (Perfect), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

• परिघम्: an iron club/bar (parigha)
• परिघम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिघ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• नगेन्द्र-शिखर-उपमम्: comparable to a mountain-king’s peak
• नगेन्द्र-शिखर-उपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नगेन्द्रशिखरोपम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā
• parigha (iron bludgeon)
• musalaka (club, contextual)
• mountain peak (simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger, triggered by loss and humiliation in war, quickly turns into renewed aggression; it implicitly warns that unchecked krodha magnifies violence and clouds discernment, even for great warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

After his club is cut down, Aśvatthāmā becomes enraged and grabs a terrifying parigha, described as resembling a mountain peak, signaling his intent to continue fighting with intensified ferocity.