Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ततक्नक्षुर्देथे पार्थों यत्र विस्फार्यते धनु: । ददर्श तत्र राधेयं तस्य कोपो व्यवर्धत,तब अर्जुनने जहाँ धनुषकी टंकार हो रही थी, उधर दृष्टि डाली, तो वहाँ राधानन्दन कर्ण दिखायी पड़ा। इससे उनका क्रोध बहुत बढ़ गया

Transliteration

tataḥ cakṣur dadhe pārtho yatra visphāryate dhanuḥ | dadarśa tatra rādheyaṃ tasya kopaḥ vyavardhata ||

Translation

随后，帕尔塔（阿周那）将目光投向弓弦震响之处；他在那里看见了罗陀之子罗陀耶（迦尔纳），一见之下，怒火陡然增长。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

चक्षुःeye; gaze

दधेplaced; fixed

पार्थःArjuna (son of Pṛthā)

यत्रwhere

विस्फार्यतेis being twanged/stretched (with a loud sound)

धनुःbow

ददर्शsaw

तत्रthere

राधेयम्Karna (son of Rādhā)

तस्यhis

कोपःanger

व्यवर्धतincreased; grew

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Rādheya (Karna)

dhanuḥ (bow)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how perception triggers emotion: a warrior’s mind can flare up upon recognizing a rival. Ethically, it points to the need for inner restraint (self-mastery) even when duty and past enmity provoke anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna hears the resonant sound of a bow being drawn and looks toward it. He spots Karna there, and the sight intensifies Arjuna’s anger, signaling the sharpening of hostilities and the approach of confrontation.