Shloka 40
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
Devanagari script
निर्दहन्निव चक्षुर्भ्या पार्षत॑ सो5भ्यवैक्षत
Transliteration
nirdahann iva cakṣurbhyāṃ pārṣataḥ so 'bhyavaikṣata
Translation
قال سنجيا: بعينين كأنهما تحترقان، حدّق ابنُ پārṣatī (دھṛṣṭadyumna) فيه—نظرةٌ حادّة غاضبة تُنذر بتصلّب العزم وسط الشدّة الأخلاقية للمعركة.
Word by Word
निर्दहन्burning, scorching
निर्दहन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्दह् (नि + दह्)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
चक्षुर्भ्याम्with (his) two eyes
चक्षुर्भ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Dual
पार्षतःthe son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)
पार्षतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्षत (द्रुपदपुत्रः; धृष्टद्युम्नः)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अभ्यवैक्षतlooked at, gazed upon
अभ्यवैक्षत:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + अव + ईक्ष्
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how inner states—especially wrath and determination—manifest outwardly in war; it implicitly warns that intense emotion can drive action, intensifying the ethical burden of choices made on the battlefield.
Sañjaya describes Dhṛṣṭadyumna (called Pārṣata) staring fiercely—his eyes ‘as if burning’—at an opponent, marking a moment of heightened hostility and imminent action within the Drona Parva battle sequence.