Shloka 28

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

द्रोणस्य च व्यदृश्यन्त विसर्पन्तो महाशरा: । गभस्तय इवार्कस्य प्रतपन्त: समन्ततः

Transliteration

droṇasya ca vyadṛśyanta visar panto mahāśarāḥ | gabhastaya ivārkasya pratapantaḥ samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: And from Droṇa there were seen great arrows spreading out in all directions, scorching everything on every side—like the sun’s rays blazing forth.

Word by Word

• द्रोणस्य: of Droṇa
• द्रोणस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• व्यदृश्यन्त: were seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada, वि

• विसर्पन्तः: spreading/moving about
• विसर्पन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृप्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, वि

• महाशराः: great arrows
• महाशराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गभस्तयः: rays
• गभस्तयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गभस्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अर्कस्य: of the sun
• अर्कस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रतपन्तः: scorching/burning
• प्रतपन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, प्र

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Sañjaya
• mahāśarāḥ (great arrows)
• arka (the sun)
• gabhastayaḥ (sun-rays)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how concentrated martial power can become all-pervading and oppressive, symbolized by sunlike heat. Ethically, it invites reflection on the responsibility that accompanies strength: prowess may win battles, but its indiscriminate spread intensifies suffering and tests adherence to dharma amid chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Droṇa’s assault: mighty arrows are visibly streaming outward in every direction, burning and overwhelming the battlefield like the sun’s rays. It is a vivid report of Droṇa’s dominance at that moment in the fighting.