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Shloka 13

Arjuna’s Absence, Bhīma’s Kṣātra-Dharma Appeal, and Bṛhadaśva’s Arrival

Nala-Upākhyāna Begins

मन्ये मन्युसमुद्धूता: पुत्राणां तव संयुगे । अन्तं पार्था: करिष्यन्ति भार्यामर्षसमन्विता:,मेरा तो ऐसा विश्वास है कि अपनी पत्नीके अपमानजनित अमर्षसे युक्त और रोषसे उत्तेजित हो समस्त कुन्तीपुत्र संग्राममें आपके पुत्रोंका संहार कर डालेंगे

manye manyu-samuddhūtāḥ putrāṇāṁ tava saṁyuge | antaṁ pārthāḥ kariṣyanti bhāryā-marṣa-samanvitāḥ ||

三阇耶说道:“我以为,普利塔之子(般度五子)因怒火而激荡,又因其妻所受不可容忍的羞辱而被驱使,必将在战场上使你的儿子们走向末路。”

मन्येI think
मन्ये:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormLat, Atmanepada, 1, Singular, Present
मन्युसमुद्धूताःstirred up by wrath
मन्युसमुद्धूताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्युसमुद्धूत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुत्राणाम्of (your) sons
पुत्राणाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तवyour
तव:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
संयुगेin battle
संयुगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंयुग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अन्तम्end, destruction
अन्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पार्थाःthe sons of Pritha (Pandavas)
पार्थाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
करिष्यन्तिwill do, will bring about
करिष्यन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormLrt, Parasmaipada, 3, Plural, Simple future
भार्याby/with (their) wife
भार्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
अमर्षसमन्विताःendowed with indignation
अमर्षसमन्विताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमर्षसमन्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra
P
Parthas (Pandavas)
K
Kunti (Pritha)
D
Dhritarashtra's sons (Kauravas)
T
the wife of the Pandavas (Draupadi)

Educational Q&A

When injustice and humiliation—especially against one’s protected dependents—are left unaddressed, they generate righteous indignation (manyu) that can override restraint and drive catastrophic outcomes. The verse highlights the ethical causality in the epic: adharma provokes a dharmic response that, once militarized, culminates in destruction.

Sanjaya warns Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍavas, stirred by anger and by their inability to tolerate the insult to their wife (Draupadī), will in the coming battle bring about the death of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (the Kauravas).