Shloka 7

Devanagari script

दीर्घबाहुरभिक्रुद्धस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विप: । द्रोणं पजचाशताविषध्यन्नाराचैरग्निसंनिभै:

Transliteration

dīrghabāhur abhikruddhas totrārdita iva dvipaḥ | droṇaṃ pañcāśatā viṣadhyann ārācair agnisaṃnibhaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Long-armed and blazing with anger, he was like an elephant tormented by the goad. He assailed Droṇa with fifty barbed arrows, each like fire.

Word by Word

दीर्घबाहुःthe long-armed one (Arjuna)

अभिक्रुद्धःhighly enraged

स्तोत्रार्दितःtormented by praise/chanting (as if by a hymn)

इवas if, like

द्विपःan elephant

द्रोणम्Drona

पञ्चाशतfifty

अविषध्यन्he struck/pierced

नाराचैःwith iron arrows

अग्निसंनिभैःresembling fire

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

ārāca (arrows)

totra (elephant-goad)

dvipa (elephant)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can drive even a mighty warrior into relentless violence; the ethical tension lies in maintaining dharma and self-control amid the heat of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a long-armed warrior, furious like an elephant prodded by a goad, striking Droṇa with fifty fire-like, barbed arrows.