Mahabharata 7.3.153 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 3, Shloka 153

भीष्मपातने कर्णविलापः | Karṇa’s Lament upon Seeing Bhīṣma Fallen

Devanagari script

त्रासयिष्यति बाणानां कुरूनन्यांश्व पार्थिवान्‌ । “आज गाण्डीव धनुषसे छूटे हुए बाणोंका वज्रपातके समान शब्द कौरवों तथा अन्य राजाओंको भयभीत कर देगा

Transliteration

trāsayiṣyati bāṇānāṃ kurūn anyāṃś ca pārthivān |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Die Kurus—und auch die anderen Könige—werden von Furcht gepackt werden angesichts der Pfeile, die sogleich abgeschossen werden.“

Word by Word

• त्रासयिष्यति: will frighten/terrify
• त्रासयिष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रासय् (√त्रस् caus.)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

• बाणानाम्: of arrows
• बाणानाम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पार्थिवान्: kings/earthly rulers
• पार्थिवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kurus (Kauravas)
• other kings (pārthivāḥ)
• arrows (bāṇāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that in dharmic warfare, victory depends not only on weapons but also on courage and steadiness of mind; when fear spreads, dharma-based resolve collapses, and the battlefield turns on morale as much as on force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, foretells that the impending volley of arrows will frighten the Kuru forces and other allied kings—signaling a surge of dominance by the archer whose missiles are being described.