Shloka 31

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

स तथा पीड्यमानस्तु राधेयेनास्त्रवृष्टिभि:

Transliteration

sa tathā pīḍyamānas tu rādheyena astravṛṣṭibhiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus, being sorely pressed by Rādheya’s showers of weapons, he endured the onslaught—an image of how, in the fury of war, even the steadfast are tested by relentless force and must meet violence with resolve and discipline rather than panic.

Word by Word

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

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पीड्यमानः: being afflicted/pressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राधेयेन: by Rādheya (Karna)
• राधेयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अस्त्रवृष्टिभिः: by showers of weapons
• अस्त्रवृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rādheya (Karna)
• astravṛṣṭi (shower of weapons)