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Vyasa

Shloka 43

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

Devanagari script

तां कालरात्रीमिव पाशहस्तां यमस्य धात्रीमिव चोग्ररूपाम्‌ | स ब्रह्मुदण्डप्रतिमाममोधां ससर्ज यत्तो युधि धर्मराज:

Transliteration

tāṁ kālarātrīm iva pāśahastāṁ yamasya dhātrīm iva cograrūpām | sā brahmudaṇḍapratimām amodhāṁ sasarja yatto yudhi dharmarājaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Vũ khí ấy—tựa Kālarātri cầm thòng lọng trong tay, tựa người vú dữ dằn của thần Yama—hình tướng kinh khiếp, và không bao giờ sai lạc như trượng của Brahmā. Dharmarāja đã phóng nó giữa chiến địa với nỗ lực tột cùng và sự dè dặt, quyết tâm thận trọng.

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (weapon)

कालरात्रीम्Kālarātri (Night of Doom)

इवlike/as

पाशहस्ताम्having a noose in hand

यमस्यof Yama

धात्रीमnurse/attendant (Dhātrī)

इवlike/as

चand

उग्ररूपाम्of fierce form

सःhe

ब्रह्मुदण्डप्रतिमाम्like Brahma’s staff (brahmadaṇḍa)

अमोधाम्unfailing

ससर्जhe hurled/let fly

यत्which/that

युधिin battle

धर्मराजःDharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Kālarātri

Yama

pāśa (noose)

brahmadaṇḍa (Brahmā’s rod/rod of punishment)

śakti (weapon, implied by context)

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?

Even when one is committed to dharma, the use of overwhelming and unfailing force in war carries moral gravity; therefore the righteous must act with heightened caution, self-control, and responsibility when deploying lethal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) releasing a formidable, unfailing weapon in battle, portraying it through terrifying metaphors—Kālarātri with a noose, Yama’s fierce attendant, and the irresistible rod of Brahmā—to convey its dread power and inevitability.