Shloka 68

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच तच्छुत्वा द्रोणपुत्रस्तु निधनं पितुराहवे । क्रोधमाहारयत्‌ तीव्रं पदाहत इवोरग:,संजय कहते हैं--राजन! युद्धमें इस प्रकार पिताके मारे जानेका वृत्तान्त सुनकर द्रोणपुत्र अश्वत्थामा पैरोंसे ठुकराये हुए सर्पके समान अत्यन्त कुपित हो उठा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca tac chrutvā droṇaputras tu nidhanaṃ pitur āhave | krodham āhārayat tīvraṃ padāhata ivoragaḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: O King, hearing that his father had been slain in battle, Drona’s son (Aśvatthāmā) was seized by a fierce wrath—like a serpent trampled underfoot—his mind turning from restraint to vengeful fury amid the moral chaos of war.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

तत्that (news/that event)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

द्रोणपुत्रःDrona's son (Ashvatthama)

तुbut/indeed

निधनम्death

पितुःof (his) father

आहवेin battle

क्रोधम्anger

आहारयत्he brought on/assumed (became filled with)

तीव्रम्intense

पदाहतःstruck by a foot / trampled

इवlike/as

उरगःa serpent

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Drona

Ashvatthama

battlefield (āhava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes