Shloka 27

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)

Devanagari script

अथान्यद्‌ धनुरादाय पुत्रस्तव जनेश्वर

Transliteration

athānyad dhanur ādāya putras tava janeśvara

Translation

قال سنجيا: ثم، يا سيدَ الرجال، تناول ابنُك قوسًا آخر—إشارةً إلى عزمٍ متجدّد على مواصلة القتال رغم الإعياء وتقلبات المعركة، مُظهِرًا كيف يمكن للإصرار في الحرب أن يتصلّب حتى يصير مثابرةً لا تلين.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• जन-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• your son (Duryodhana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness and the will to persist; ethically, it invites reflection on how determination in a righteous duty can also become obstinacy when the larger moral direction of the war is compromised.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, after a prior exchange, takes up a different bow—preparing to re-engage and continue the combat.