Shloka 29
Devanagari script
चित्रसेनश्ष तं राजं॑स्त्रिंशता नतपर्वभि: । आजपघान रणे क्रुद्ध: स च त॑ प्रत्यविध्यत
Transliteration
Sañjaya uvāca |
Citrasenaś ca taṁ rājans triṁśatā nataparvabhiḥ |
Ājaghāna raṇe kruddhaḥ sa ca taṁ pratyavidhyata ||
Translation
三阇耶说道：大王啊，质多罗仙那在战阵中怒不可遏，以三十支关节弯曲的箭矢射击他；而对方也随即还击，反过来刺穿质多罗仙那以报其击。
Word by Word
चित्रसेनःChitrasena
चित्रसेनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्रसेन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
त्रिंशताwith thirty
त्रिंशता:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रिंशत्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
नतपर्वभिःwith bent-jointed (arrows)
नतपर्वभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनतपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
अजपघानstruck down / smote
अजपघान:
TypeVerb
Rootअजपघान
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रत्यविध्यतpierced in return / counter-pierced
प्रत्यविध्यत:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-व्यध्
FormImperfect, Third, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')C
CitrasenaA
arrowsCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger in war quickly becomes a chain of retaliation—one strike invites an immediate counterstrike—illustrating the ethical danger of krodha (wrath) even within kṣatriya combat.
Sañjaya reports a duel-like exchange: Citrasena, furious, hits his opponent with thirty arrows, and the opponent responds by piercing Citrasena in return.