Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तमभ्ययादू बृहत्क्षत्र: केकयानां महारथ: । प्रवपन्‌ निशितान्‌ बाणान्‌ महेन्द्राशनिसंनिभान्‌,केकयदेशके महारथी वीर बृहत्क्षत्रने महेन्द्रके वज़्के समान तीखे बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए वहाँ द्रोणाचार्यपर धावा किया

Transliteration

tam abhyayād bṛhatkṣatraḥ kekayānāṁ mahārathaḥ | pravapan niśitān bāṇān mahendrāśani-sannibhān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Bṛhatkṣatra, the great chariot-warrior of the Kekayas, charged, showering keen arrows like Indra’s thunderbolt.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्ययात्: attacked / advanced towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे) उपसर्गः: अभि
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बृहत्क्षत्रः: Brihatkshatra (name of a warrior)
• बृहत्क्षत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत्क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• केकयानाम्: of the Kekayas
• Type: Noun
• Root: केकय (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रवपन्: showering / scattering
• प्रवपन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वप् (बीजवपनादौ) उपसर्गः: प्र
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निशितान्: sharp
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महेन्द्राशनिसंनिभान्: like Indra's thunderbolt
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेन्द्र-आशनि-संनिभ (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bṛhatkṣatra
• Kekaya (people/kingdom)
• Indra (Mahendra)
• Thunderbolt (aśani/vajra)
• Arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-ethos in wartime: decisive advance, courage, and skilled use of weapons. Ethically, it reflects how duty and valor are praised in the epic even amid the destructive inevitability of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhatkṣatra, a leading warrior of the Kekayas, rushes at his target (contextually Droṇa) and releases a volley of razor-sharp arrows likened to Indra’s thunderbolt, intensifying the combat described by Sañjaya.