Shloka 28

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

तस्य क्रुद्ध: कृपो राजन्‌ शक्ति चिक्षेप दारुणाम्‌

Transliteration

tasya kruddhaḥ kṛpo rājan śaktiṃ cikṣepa dāruṇām

Translation

桑阇耶说道：大王啊，克利帕因对他怒火中烧，掷出一柄可怖的“沙克提”（śakti）神枪——此举更添战场的道德幽暗：愤怒屡屡压倒克制，而所谓职责竟以愈发致命的手段被追逐。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• शक्तिम्: a spear/javelin
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• चिक्षेप: threw
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), third, singular

• दारुणाम्: terrible, fierce
• दारुणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• śakti (weapon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) drives warriors to extreme actions, suggesting an ethical warning: when wrath governs judgment, violence escalates and dharma becomes harder to discern and uphold amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛpa, enraged at his opponent, throws a dreadful śakti weapon, marking a sharp escalation in the combat described in this section of Droṇa Parva.