Shloka 32

Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)

Devanagari script

स भीमसेनं दशभि: शरैरविव्याध पाण्डवम्‌

Transliteration

sa bhīmasenaṃ daśabhiḥ śarair avivyādha pāṇḍavam

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Dann traf er Bhīmasena, den Pāṇḍava, und durchbohrte ihn mit zehn Pfeilen—ein Bild der unaufhaltsamen Zuspitzung der Schlacht, in der sich Können an Zügelung und Standhaftigkeit mitten in der Gewalt misst.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena (Bhima)
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अविव्याध: pierced, struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (son of Pandu)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Pāṇḍava

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the kṣatriya world of the epic: duty-bound confrontation where endurance and steadiness under attack become moral tests, even as violence intensifies.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, an unnamed warrior strikes Bhīma with ten arrows, indicating a direct exchange of missile-weapons and the mounting pressure of the fight.