Mahabharata 7.107.353 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 107, Shloka 353

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

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Devanagari script

जिगीषुस्तान्‌ नरव्याप्रो जिघांसुश्च जयद्रथम्‌ । उनपर विजय पानेकी इच्छा रखकर जयद्रथके वधकी अभिलाषासे गाण्डीव धनुषको खींचते हुए पुरुषसिंह महाबाहु अर्जुनकी बड़ी शोभा हो रही थी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | jigīṣus tān naravyāghro jighāṃsuś ca jayadratham |

Translation

قال سانجيا: وقد عقد العزم على قهر أولئك الأعداء، واشتعلت في صدره رغبةٌ عاتية لقتل جايادراثا، كان أرجونا—نمرَ الرجال، عظيمَ الساعدين—يتلألأ بهاءً وهو يشدّ قوس غانديفا.

Word by Word

• जिगीषुः: desiring to conquer
• जिगीषुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) / जिगीषु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नरव्याघ्रः: tiger among men
• नरव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिघांसुः: wishing to kill
• जिघांसुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) / जिघांसु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna
• Jayadratha
• Gāṇḍīva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights single-pointed resolve aligned with a warrior’s pledged duty: victory is pursued with discipline, and violence—though tragic—is framed as vow-bound retributive action within the battlefield’s dharma, not as aimless cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes Arjuna at a climactic moment: he is determined to defeat the opposing warriors and specifically to kill Jayadratha, and he appears radiant and formidable as he draws his bow, Gāṇḍīva, preparing to strike.