Shloka 7

जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha

Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition

Devanagari script

हार्दिक्यं योधवर्य च मन्ये प्राप्त धनंजयम्‌ । न हि मे जायते त्रासो दृष्टवा सैन्यान्यनेकश:

Transliteration

hārdikyaṁ yodhavarya ca manye prāpta dhanañjayam | na hi me jāyate trāso dṛṣṭvā sainyāny anekaśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I judge that Hārdikya and that foremost of warriors have now come upon Dhanañjaya. Yet, even on seeing the armies gathered in so many divisions, fear does not arise in me.”

Word by Word

• हार्दिक्यम्: son of Hṛdīka (Kṛtavarman)
• हार्दिक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार्दिक्य (हार्दिक्य-)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• योधवर्य: O best of warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: योधवर्य (योध-वर्य-)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• मन्ये: I think / I consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, First, Singular

• प्राप्तम्: reached / obtained / come upon
• प्राप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (प्राप्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धनंजयम्: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय (धनं-जय-)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मे: to me / for me / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative/Genitive, Singular

• जायते: arises / is born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जायते)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• त्रासः: fear / terror
• त्रासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रास (त्रास-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā)

• सैन्यानि: armies
• सैन्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य (सैन्य-)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनेकशः: in many ways / in great numbers
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Hārdikya
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness of mind amid overwhelming martial spectacle: even when confronted with vast forces, one may remain unshaken by assessing the situation with clarity rather than panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Hārdikya and a foremost warrior have engaged or reached Arjuna, and he remarks that the sight of many troop-formations does not produce fear in him.