Shloka 53

Devanagari script

विकृष्यमाणं दृष्टवैव धृष्टट्युम्न॑ नरेश्वर । शरांभ्षिक्षेप वै पार्थो द्रौणिं प्रति महाबल:,नरेश्वर! धृष्टद्युम्मनको खींचे जाते देख महाबली अर्जुनने अश्वत्थामापर बहुत-से बाण चलाये

Transliteration

vikṛṣyamāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ nareśvara | śarāmbhaḥ kṣepavaī pārtho drauṇiṃ prati mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—নরেশ্বর! ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্নকে টেনে নিয়ে যেতে দেখে মহাবলী পার্থ (অর্জুন) দ্রৌণি (অশ্বত্থামা)-র দিকে অসংখ্য শর নিক্ষেপ করল।

Word by Word

विकृष्यमाणम्being dragged/pulled

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

एवindeed/just

धृष्टद्युम्नम्Dhrishtadyumna

नरेश्वरO king (lord of men)

शरान्arrows

अभिक्षिपेत्hurled/cast

वैindeed

पार्थःPartha (Arjuna)

द्रौणिम्Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)

प्रतिtowards/against

महाबलःmighty/very strong

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, a kṣatriya is expected to uphold a code: protect comrades and oppose actions that resemble humiliation or unfair handling of an opponent. Arjuna’s arrow-shower is framed as immediate protective intervention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna is being dragged; seeing this, Arjuna (Pārtha) swiftly releases many arrows at Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi), attempting to check him and rescue or defend Dhṛṣṭadyumna.