Shloka 266

Devanagari script

तव पुत्रेण संग्रामे विदुद्राव नराधिप । नरेश्वर! उस संग्राममें आपके पुत्रके चलाये हुए बाणोंकी मार खाकर पाण्डव-सेना इधर-उधर भागने लगी

Transliteration

tava putreṇa saṅgrāme vidudrāva narādhipa | nareśvara! us saṅgrāmameṁ āpake putrake calāye hue bāṇoṁ kī māra khākara pāṇḍava-senā idhara-udhara bhāgane lagī |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: O König, in jener Schlacht wurde das Pāṇḍava-Heer von den Pfeilsalven deines Sohnes getroffen, brach die Ordnung und floh zerstreut in alle Richtungen.

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुत्रेण: by (your) son
• पुत्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• विदुद्राव: ran away / fled
• विदुद्राव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• नराधिप: O lord of men (king)
• नराधिप: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Duryodhana
• Pandava army
• arrows
• battlefield

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the fragility of collective morale in war: even a strong force can scatter when struck by concentrated aggression. Ethically, it underscores how violence produces confusion and fear, and how leadership decisions in war directly shape the suffering and stability of many.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Dhritarashtra’s son (Duryodhana) shot powerful volleys of arrows in the battle, and the Pandava army, wounded and shaken, began to flee in different directions.