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Shloka 37

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

इस प्रकार बाणोंके महान्‌ समुदायसे श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनको घायल करके आनन्दित हुआ द्रोणकुमार महान्‌ मेघोंके गम्भीर घोषके समान गर्जना करने लगा ।।

sañjaya uvāca |

iti prakāraṃ bāṇānāṃ mahān samūhaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ cārjunaṃ ca ghātayitvā ānandito droṇakumāro mahāmeghānāṃ gambhīraghoṣa iva garjitum ārabdhavān ||

সঞ্জয় বললেন—এভাবে তীরের প্রবল স্রোতে শ্রীকৃষ্ণ ও অর্জুনকে বিদ্ধ করে দ্রোণপুত্র অশ্বত্থামা উল্লসিত হল। তারপর গভীর মেঘগর্জনার ন্যায় যুদ্ধক্ষেত্রে উচ্চস্বরে গর্জন করতে লাগল।

तैःby those
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
पतद्भिःfalling
पतद्भिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपतत् (पत् धातु)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
द्रौणिDrona’s son (Ashvatthaman)
द्रौणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्रौणि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मुक्तैःreleased, shot
मुक्तैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त (मुच् धातु)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
समन्ततःon all sides
समन्ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः
संछादितौcovered, concealed
संछादितौ:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंछादित (छद् धातु)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
रथस्थौstanding in the chariot
रथस्थौ:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootरथस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
तौthose two
तौ:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
उभौboth
उभौ:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
कृष्णKrishna
कृष्ण:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
धनंजयौArjuna (Dhananjaya) (as one of the two)
धनंजयौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधनंजय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
A
Arjuna
D
Droṇakumāra (Aśvatthāmā)
A
arrows (bāṇāḥ)
S
storm-clouds (mahāmeghāḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how victory in war can breed exhilaration and pride even against revered opponents; it hints that ethical steadiness (dharma) is tested not only by defeat but also by success, which can inflame arrogance and cruelty.

Aśvatthāmā, Droṇa’s son, showers Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna with a dense barrage of arrows, wounds them, and then—thrilled by this feat—lets out a thunderous roar likened to the rumbling of storm-clouds.