Shloka 27

शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः

Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel

Devanagari script

माद्रीपुत्रो च संरब्धौ भीमसेनं च पाण्डवम्‌ | युधिष्ठटिरं च कौरव्य विव्याध दशभि: शरै:

Transliteration

mādrīputrau ca saṁrabdhau bhīmasenaṁ ca pāṇḍavam | yudhiṣṭhiraṁ ca kauravya vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ kurunandana ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：噢，俱卢的后裔，摩德丽的两位儿子怒火炽盛，也射伤了般度之子毗摩塞那与坚战；噢，俱卢的荣光，他们以十箭贯穿其身。此景昭示：战场之怒驱使即便高贵的武士也加剧杀伐，使冲突步步升级，越过克制的界限。

Word by Word

• माद्रीपुत्रौ: the two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• माद्रीपुत्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संरब्धौ: enraged, agitated
• संरब्धौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (here: Bhima, son of Pandu)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कौरव्य: O Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced, wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Mādrī
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how saṁrambha (battle-fury/anger) accelerates harm: even righteous warriors, when overtaken by wrath, intensify violence. It implicitly warns that anger clouds discernment and pushes action beyond measured restraint, a recurring ethical tension in the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the two sons of Mādrī—Nakula and Sahadeva—enraged in the fight, shoot and wound Bhīma and Yudhiṣṭhira, piercing them with ten arrows.