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Shloka 7

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent

सम्मोहयित्वा तमथ दुर्योधनममोचयन्‌ । आस्याद्‌ ग्रासमिवाक्षिप्तं ममृषे नार्जुनात्मज:

sammohayitvā tam atha duryodhanam amocayan | āsyād grāsam ivākṣiptaṁ mamṛṣe nārjunātmajaḥ ||

قال سنجيا: بعدما أوقعوه أولًا في الذهول، أطلقوا سراح دُريودhana. غير أنّ ابن أرجونا لم يطق ذلك—كأن لقمةً انتُزعت من فمه—حين سُلبت منه فجأة الغنيمة التي كان قد قبض عليها. وتُظهر هذه اللحظة كيف تُختبر في لهيب الحرب فضيلةُ ضبط النفس والغايةُ القويمة باندفاع نشوة الظفر ومرارة الإحباط.

सम्मोहयित्वाhaving bewildered
सम्मोहयित्वा:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+मुह्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), parasmaipada (usage), non-finite
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana
दुर्योधनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अमोचयन्they released / set free
अमोचयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
Formलङ् (imperfect), parasmaipada, 3rd, plural, active
आस्यात्from the mouth
आस्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootआस्य
Formneuter, ablative, singular
ग्रासम्a morsel
ग्रासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootग्रास
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
इवas if / like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आक्षिप्तम्snatched away / seized
आक्षिप्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootआ+क्षिप्
Formक्त (past passive participle), masculine, accusative, singular
ममृषेendured / bore (it)
ममृषे:
TypeVerb
Rootमृष्
Formलिट् (perfect), ātmanepada, 3rd, singular, middle
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्जुनात्मजःArjuna's son (Abhimanyu)
अर्जुनात्मजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन-आत्मज
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Duryodhana
A
Arjuna
A
Arjuna’s son (Abhimanyu)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how quickly victory and anger can overtake judgment in war: even a righteous warrior’s resolve is tested when a hard-won advantage is suddenly lost. It points to the ethical demand for self-control amid battlefield passions.

After Duryodhana is confused or stunned, he is released by his opponents. Abhimanyu (Arjuna’s son) cannot bear this release, feeling as though a captured prize has been snatched away at the last moment.