Shloka 186

Somadatta–Sātyaki Engagement; Bhīma’s Interventions; Droṇa–Yudhiṣṭhira Astra Exchange

Book 7, Chapter 132

Devanagari script

अक्षान्‌ स मन्यमान: प्राक्‌ शरास्ते हि दुरासदा: । शकुनि कौरवसभामें पहले जिन भयंकर पासोंको हाथमें लेकर जूएका खेल खेलता उन्हें वह तो पासे ही समझता था, परंतु वास्तवमें वे दुर्धर्ष बाण थे

Transliteration

akṣān sa manyamānaḥ prāk śarās te hi durāsadāḥ |

Translation

Drona said: “Earlier, he took them to be mere dice; yet in truth they were arrows—terrible and unapproachable. The very instruments with which Śakuni once played the gambling match in the Kaurava assembly have now revealed their real nature as weapons, turning deceit and the collapse of dharma into the violence of war.”

Word by Word

• अक्षान्: dice
• अक्षान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्यमानः: thinking/considering
• मन्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Parasmaipada (active participle usage)

• प्राक्: formerly/before
• प्राक्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक्

• शराः: arrows
• शराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• दुरासदाः: hard to assail/approach; formidable
• दुरासदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Śakuni
• Kaurava-sabhā (Kuru assembly hall)
• akṣa (dice)
• śara (arrows)