Mahabharata 9.14.32 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 14, Shloka 32

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

चिक्षेप चैव पार्थाय द्रौणिर्युद्धविशारद:

Transliteration

saf1jaya uv
01ca |

cikeepa caiva p
01rth
01ya drauir yuddhavi
5b
01rada ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Drauṇi, der Sohn Droṇas, kundig in der Kriegskunst, schleuderte eine Waffe auf Pārtha (Arjuna).“

Word by Word

• चिक्षेप: threw, cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (narrative past), 3, singular

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पार्थाय: to Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• द्रौणिः: Drauni (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• युद्धविशारदः: skilled in battle
• युद्धविशारदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धविशारद
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Partha (Arjuna)
• Drauni (Ashvatthama, son of Drona)
• weapon (projectile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violent conflict, the warriors duty is fulfilled through trained skill and steady awareness; rage-driven aggression is met best by disciplined, proportionate response rather than loss of control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Ashvatthama (Dronas son), famed for battlefield expertise, throws a weapon at Arjuna (Partha), marking an intense exchange in the Shalya Parva battle sequence.