Shloka 3

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

Devanagari script

वेपमान इव क्रोधाद्‌ युद्धशौण्ड: परंतप: । प्रतिव्यूह्ा महातेजा यथावद्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

vepamāna iva krodhād yuddhaśauṇḍaḥ paraṃtapaḥ | prativyūhaṃ mahātejā yathāvad bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：他仿佛因愤怒而战栗；那位大威光的战士——焚灼敌人的强者、精于战阵者——依正法次第布成反制之阵，噢，婆罗多族中的雄牛。

Word by Word

• वेपमानः: trembling
• वेपमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• क्रोधात्: from anger / due to anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• युद्धशौण्डः: eager for battle / battle-ardent
• युद्धशौण्डः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धशौण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परंतपः: scorcher of foes
• परंतपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिव्यूहः: counter-array / counter-formation
• प्रतिव्यूहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिव्यूह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातेजाः: of great splendor/energy
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly / duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'bharatarṣabha')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even intense anger in warfare is shown as being harnessed through order and strategy; martial energy becomes ethically meaningful for a kṣatriya only when governed by discipline rather than uncontrolled fury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a great warrior, trembling with wrath, nevertheless organizes a proper counter-battle formation (prativyūha) to meet the enemy’s array.