Shloka 51

Devanagari script

संक़रुद्धयोर्महाघोरं प्रसक्ते कुरुसत्तम । ततो जग्राह देवेन्द्र वत्रो वीर: शतक्रतुम्‌

Transliteration

saṅkruddhayor mahāghoraṃ prasakte kurusattama | tato jagrāha devendraṃ vṛtro vīraḥ śatakratum ||

Translation

沙利耶说道：“俱卢中最杰出者啊，当二者皆为怒火所炽，最可怖的战斗正酣之时，勇武的弗栗陀擒住了天帝——百祭之因陀罗。”

Word by Word

• सङ्करुद्धयोः: of the two who were restrained/checked (locked) together
• सङ्करुद्धयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सङ्करुद्ध (सम्+रुध् क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• महाघोरम्: very terrible
• महाघोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाघोर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रसक्ते: when engaged/ensued (in progress)
• प्रसक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसक्त (प्र+सञ्ज् क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• जग्राह: seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• देवेन्द्रम्: Indra, lord of the gods
• देवेन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृत्रः: Vṛtra
• वृत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतक्रतुम्: Śatakratu (Indra, 'of a hundred rites')
• शतक्रतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतक्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Kurus (as an address: Kuru-sattama)
• Indra (Devendra, Śatakratu)
• Vṛtra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger escalates conflict into terrifying violence, even among mighty beings; it implicitly warns that wrath can overturn stability and endanger the very guardians of order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of a fierce battle fueled by mutual rage, Vṛtra overpowers Indra and physically seizes him—marking a sudden reversal in the struggle between the gods’ king and his formidable adversary.